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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:Historical_Society
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Jeannette_Walls
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gptkbp:adaptation
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gptkb:The_Glass_Castle_(film)
gptkb:film
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gptkbp:author
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gptkb:Jeannette_Walls
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gptkbp:available_formats
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gptkb:book
E-book
Hardcover
Paperback
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Christopher_Award
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gptkbp:critical_reception
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Positive
positive
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gptkbp:cultural_impact
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Increased awareness of poverty
Popular book club choice
Discussion of dysfunctional families
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gptkbp:director
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gptkb:Destin_Daniel_Cretton
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gptkbp:filmography
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gptkb:Naomi_Watts
gptkb:Woody_Harrelson
gptkb:Brie_Larson
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gptkbp:focus
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resilience
poverty
family dynamics
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gptkbp:followed_by
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gptkb:Half_Broke_Horses
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:Author
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:Toni_Morrison
gptkb:Alice_Walker
gptkb:F._Scott_Fitzgerald
gptkb:Mark_Twain
gptkb:Virginia_Woolf
gptkb:Ernest_Hemingway
gptkb:Jean-Paul_Sartre
gptkb:Harper_Lee
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gptkbp:influences
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American literature
memoir genre
Memoir genre
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gptkbp:inspiration
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Jeannette Walls' childhood
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gptkbp:isbn
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978-0743247542
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:main_character
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gptkb:Jeannette_Walls
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gptkbp:narrative_style
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First-person
first-person
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gptkbp:notable_quote
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“ You have to be brave.”
“ It was a hard life, but it was a good life.”
“ Home is where you make it.”
“ I had a great deal of faith in my father.”
“ I had a very different childhood.”
“ I had to find my own way.”
“ I learned to be independent.”
“ I wanted to be a writer.”
“ It was a place where I could be myself.”
“ The glass castle was a dream.”
“ We were always moving.”
“ You can’t get too comfortable in life.”
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gptkbp:page_count
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288
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gptkbp:published_year
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gptkb:2005
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gptkbp:publisher
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gptkb:Scribner
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gptkbp:release_year
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gptkb:2017
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gptkbp:sales
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Over 3 million copies
over 3 million copies
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gptkbp:series
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Standalone
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gptkbp:setting
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gptkb:Borough
gptkb:West_Virginia
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gptkbp:theme
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gptkb:Resilience
gptkb:family
Poverty
dysfunctional family
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gptkbp:translated_into
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gptkb:French
gptkb:Japanese
gptkb:Spanish
gptkb:Native_American_tribe
Chinese
multiple languages
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