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The Glass Castle
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☘Misericordia☘ ⚡ϟ⚡⛈⚡☁ ❇️❤❣
Incredible, darkly compelling read. Cringeworthy moments of childhood on the edge. People can definitely be forced to survive through a lot more than one would think possible.
And here it goes once again... Parenting should be a licenced occupation so that no patently idiotic couples would torture their children with stupidity, negligence and overlooking their basic needs. Yes, I know - a vastly exploited line for a dystopic society would follow shortly since such order of things would proba
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With all the hype I thought I would read this. I knew it would be similar to My Name is Lucy Barton and I loved that book.

I thought about quitting halfway through but was convinced to stick with it. Was not a huge fan of the book, honestly. The main character, Jennette, has 3 other siblings. Her and her family are constantly doing the “skedaddle” when they have over stayed their welcome in a town. Her father is an alcoholic and her mother cant be bothered to be a mother and just wants to sit an
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