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     When Jeanette Walls was a child, she traveled over the whole United States to find a place to build the Glass Castle. In this book, titled "The Glass Castle," Walls's parents, Rex and Rose Mary, and her siblings, Brian, Lori, and newborn Lily, all move throughout the nation in various types of cars. Once they find somewhere to live, they only stay there for a few days, only to wake up one morning to get on the road again. She writes a lot about her father, who's big dream is to strike it rich and find gold in the deserts of the mid-west. Walls's father's ambitions shaped much of her childhood, as he was always the person to talk about finding gold and becoming rich. One page 28, she writes "...we had to find gold... so we could build the Glass Castle."
     Jeanette Walls wrote this book to share her story of her difficult childhood with others. Although her parents never to stopped and actually raised their kids, Walls constantly lets her audience know that they really loved her and her siblings. I chose this book for my IRB because I have heard so much about it and how good it is. I also decided that I should read a memoir because I wanted to read a wide variety of non-fiction sub-genres. Through reading this book, I hope to gain knowledge of how memoirs are written and the strategies Walls uses to achieve her purpose.

The Glass Castle