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Today's review of The Glass Castle is valuable to readers because it gives insight on how Jeannette came to write her memoir and how she felt about it afterward. Having these questions answered is a wonderful way for readers to understand more about the author and her motives. Reading the memory entices readers to know more about the author's present state of mind and the events that led up to her decsion to write the memoir. Interviews like the one featured in Today's give readers this valuable insight.
“I started it before and every time I ended up throwing it away,” Walls said. With encouragement from her husband, writer John Taylor, she finally decided to tell the tale. “Writing this story was a little like diving off the high dive — once you’re up there you just have to do it," she says.
Hazlick, Denise. "Life in 'Glass Castle' only made Walls stronger." Today. (March 20, 2006). Web.“I feel like ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’,” Walls said. “I found out that people are incredibly compassionate and kind. It really changed my view of the world.
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