<P> In The New York Times Book Review , critic and novelist Francine Prose wrote , `` What 's best is the deceptive ease with which Walls makes us see just how she and her siblings were convinced that their turbulent life was a glorious adventure . In one especially lovely scene , Rex takes his daughter to look at the starry desert sky and persuades her that the bright planet Venus is his Christmas gift to her . Even as she describes how their circumstances degenerated , how her mother sank into depression and how hunger and cold -- and Rex 's increasing irresponsibility , dishonesty and abusiveness -- made it harder to pretend , Walls is notably evenhanded and unjudging ... ' The Glass Castle ' falls short of being art , but it 's a very good memoir . At one point , describing her early literary tastes , Walls mentions that ' my favorite books all involved people dealing with hardships . ' And she has succeeded in doing what most writers set out to do -- to write the kind of book they themselves most want to read . '' </P>
<P> In The New York Times Book Review , critic and novelist Francine Prose wrote , `` What 's best is the deceptive ease with which Walls makes us see just how she and her siblings were convinced that their turbulent life was a glorious adventure . In one especially lovely scene , Rex takes his daughter to look at the starry desert sky and persuades her that the bright planet Venus is his Christmas gift to her . Even as she describes how their circumstances degenerated , how her mother sank into depression and how hunger and cold -- and Rex 's increasing irresponsibility , dishonesty and abusiveness -- made it harder to pretend , Walls is notably evenhanded and unjudging ... ' The Glass Castle ' falls short of being art , but it 's a very good memoir . At one point , describing her early literary tastes , Walls mentions that ' my favorite books all involved people dealing with hardships . ' And she has succeeded in doing what most writers set out to do -- to write the kind of book they themselves most want to read . '' </P>
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what was jeanette 's favorite book in the glass castle
people dealing with hardships
people dealing with hardships