From the author of the two-million copy US bestseller, The Glass Castle, comes Jeannette Walls' debut novel based on the extraordinary life of her red

'Walls has carved a story with precision and grace out of one of the most chaotic, heart-breaking childhoods... This deeply affecting memoir is a triumph in every possible way, and it does what all good books should: it affirms our faith in the human spir

A Memoir. In the tradition of Mary Karr's The Liars' Club and Rick Bragg's All Over But the Shouting.

'Walls has carved a story with precision and grace out of one of the most chaotic, heart-breaking childhoods... This deeply affecting memoir is a triumph in every possible way, and it does what all good books should: it affirms our faith in the human spirit.' - Dani Shapiro

Walls has carved a story with precision and grace out of one of the most chaotic, heart-breaking childhoods. This memoir affirms our faith in the human spirit.