I just finished reading the Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls. It is her Autobiography. It follows basically from her earliest memories to today.Her first memory is catching fire from trying to cook hot dogs by her self at the age of three. This first memory is very reflective of the rest of the book.
She describes in detail her family and their personal life. From her alcoholic father who would take odd jobs as the went from town to town and try to the kids about science and math.Also her mother was very unstable she would hoard in the houses they had not assist the children in any way.One time she drowned several kittens they had cared for because she said that They had cared for them and put them on this earth so it was also their decision when to take them off this earth.
Jeanette focuses a lot on the interactions between her and her parents. Probably because these were the most traumatic of the times.This book has many different themes and archetypes. But it all center's around her family. The "Mother Figure" was actually not her mother but her older sister who basically raised her withe her older brother.
This shows what a family really can be. Not just the phony definition of it.The children may be supporting the parents.
