18. The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls

This is a very hard memoir. It's hard to read because it is infuriating. It's the story of Jeannette Walls, now a journalist in New York, as she grew up in the most dysfunctional family. She and her siblings were basically left to fend for themselves while their parents chose to live without jobs, a home, food, basically transients transversing the country. It's such an intriguing read, to see what she came through and how she ended up. There were times I had to put it down and just be mad for a while, but I really found it - well, enjoyable isn't the right word, but maybe fascinating, and I felt so much sympathy for her and her siblings. Very good read.