The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls, is a story of an unconventional family trying to make their way in the world. This memoir recounts the struggles the author faced growing up. Problems such as poverty, starvation, illness, homelessness, and addiction surrounded her families lives. None the less, they overcame these conflicts. The Glass Castle has a wide array of ideas, but the themes I found most relevant in this book were unconditional love, self-realization, and positivity. I found these themes most relevant because they appear the most often throughout the storyline. The family you are born into is not something you get to choose, but you do get to choose how you treat them. Jeanette was fortunate enough (or unfortunate
