{"product_id":"the-glass-castle-9781844081820","title":"The Glass Castle : The New York Times Bestseller - Two Million Copies Sold","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Tragic and comic at the same time... an outrageous story, one that will break your heart' Sunday Independent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A terrific story, grippingly told' Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I read The Glass Castle straight through in an evening, wearing an expression of slack-jawed amazement' Spectator\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile Jeannette Walls was living on Park Avenue, covering the Academy Awards and attending black-tie parties at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, her parents were squatting in an abandoned building on the Lower East Side.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRex Walls, her father, was an ingenious adventurer and a hopeless alcoholic. Her mother was an artist who abhorred domestic routine and the chores of motherhood: 'Why should I cook a meal that will be gone in an hour when I can do a painting that will last forever?' Funny sad, quirky and loving, The Glass Castle is an almost incredible story of a nomadic, impoverished childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING BRIE LARSON, WOODY HARRELSON AND NAOMI WATTS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Jeannette Walls\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eBiography: business \u0026amp; industry\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 4 May 2006 by Little, Brown Book Group.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jeannette Walls","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319818330490,"sku":"9781844081820","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781844081820.jpg?v=1790634562","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/uk\/products\/the-glass-castle-9781844081820","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}