A Perfect Memoir

Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez really likes The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls.

I mean good. Effortless reading thanks to the author’s clear mind, generous heart and gift with language. Surprising, heartbreaking, satisfying in a million tiny ways. This is one of those books I read and go, “Damn, I wish I could write like that.”

Wow. Wow wow wow. Still got goosebumps.

Everywhere NewMexiKen looks, this book gets raves. The story of Walls’ upbring by dysfunctional, rambling parents is one of The New York Times 100 notable books of the year.