The Glass Castle by Roberto Cardenas https://padlet.com/343218/eh3ta5scgyyq Made with a warm hug en-us 2018-10-01 19:05:23 UTC 2025-10-07 08:25:37 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Simplehouse.png Non-Conformity 343218 https://padlet.com/343218/eh3ta5scgyyq/wish/287825778 "I was wearing the dress to cook hot dogs, watching them swell and bob in the boiling water."
This image shows two parents unaware what the child is doing.
Jeannette at the age of three was cooking over a fire while Rose Mary was painting.]]> 2018-10-01 19:07:08 UTC https://padlet.com/343218/eh3ta5scgyyq/wish/287825778 Broken Promises 343218 https://padlet.com/343218/eh3ta5scgyyq/wish/287834124 "When dad wasn't telling us about all the amazing things he had already done, he was telling us about the wondrous things he was going to do. Like build the Glass Castle."
This image is supposed to be a Glass Castle.
Rex always talked about building a glass house that would have solar cells but never built it.

]]> 2018-10-01 19:23:22 UTC https://padlet.com/343218/eh3ta5scgyyq/wish/287834124 Unconditional Love 343218 https://padlet.com/343218/eh3ta5scgyyq/wish/287925662 "I could hear mom in the room singing while she worked on one of her painting."
This image shows Rose Mary paintings because she loves to paint.
Rose Mary would spend more time painting than with her children.]]> 2018-10-02 02:55:31 UTC https://padlet.com/343218/eh3ta5scgyyq/wish/287925662 Self-Sufficiency 343218 https://padlet.com/343218/eh3ta5scgyyq/wish/287933806 "Once you go on welfare it changes you. Even if you get off welfare you never escape the stigma that you were a charity case."
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Rose Mary and Rex don't need help from other people because they are not a charity case.]]> 2018-10-02 03:56:33 UTC https://padlet.com/343218/eh3ta5scgyyq/wish/287933806 Forgiveness 343218 https://padlet.com/343218/eh3ta5scgyyq/wish/287934595 Rose Mary calls Rex a "Stinking rotten drunk," and Rex says "yeah, but you love this old drunk don't you?"
After the argument Rose Mary agrees and forgives him.
 ]]> 2018-10-02 04:03:48 UTC https://padlet.com/343218/eh3ta5scgyyq/wish/287934595 Coming of age 343218 https://padlet.com/343218/eh3ta5scgyyq/wish/288352559 “Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more.” 
This image shows a little girl growing up into adulthood
Jeannette Walls had a rough childhood growing up and her parents neglected her and her siblings. ]]> 2018-10-02 19:36:50 UTC https://padlet.com/343218/eh3ta5scgyyq/wish/288352559