Bøger af Jeannette Walls

"Glasslottet er så sjov, at det gør ondt... "- InformationGlæd jer til dette vidunder af en erindringsroman! En sensation verden over med mere end 2,5 mill. eks. solgt alene i USA, tre år på New York Times bestsellerliste og oversat til 22 sprog.Jeannette Walls voksede op med sine forældre, hvis idealisme og stædige insisteren på ikke at tilpasse sig var deres forbandelse så vel som deres redning. Rex og Rose Mary Walls lever som nomader med deres fire børn, flytter mellem ørkenbyer i USA og camperer i bjergene.Rex er en karismatisk og genial mand, som, når han er ædru, erobrer sine børns fantasi, lærer dem fysik, geologi og sidst men ikke mindst at omfavne livet uden frygt. Rose Mary maler og skriver og har svært ved at udholde det ansvar, der er forbundet med en familie. At tilberede et måltid, som bliver spist på et kvarter, tiltaler hende på ingen måde, når hun i stedet kan male et billede, som måske vil vare evigt.Da det romantiske ved nomadelivet falmer, trækker familien Walls sig tilbage til en trist mineby, stedet Rex har forsøgt at flygte fra hele sit liv. Familien går mere og mere i opløsning, og Jeannette og hendes søskende må klare sig selv; de sulter, de er møgbeskidte, de fryser og bor i et faldefærdigt hus uden vand og el. Men de klarer sig og kommer videre.Det forbløffende ved Jeannette Walls beretning er ikke blot, at hun havde vilje og mod til at komme videre, men at hun beskriver sine forældre med en så dyb kærlighed og hengivenhed. Glasslottet er en fortælling om triumf mod alle odds, men også en følsom og gribende beretning om kærlighed i en familie der på trods af dens åbenlyse fejl og mangler, gav hende en beslutsomhed til selv at skabe sig et godt liv.Gennem to årtier skjulte Jeannette Walls sin baggrund og sine rødder, samtidig med at hun arbejdede som journalist i New York. Men nu lægger hun kortene på bordet og man sidder måbende og beriget tilbage. Glasslottet er en læseoplevelse langt ud over det sædvanlige!

Now a major motion picture starring Brie Larson, Naomi Watts and Woody Harrelson.This is a startling memoir of a successful journalist's journey from the deserted and dusty mining towns of the American Southwest, to an antique filled apartment on Park Avenue. Jeanette Walls narrates her nomadic and adventurous childhood with her dreaming, 'brilliant' but alcoholic parents. At the age of seventeen she escapes on a Greyhound bus to New York with her older sister; her younger siblings follow later. After pursuing the education and civilisation her parents sought to escape, Jeanette eventually succeeds in her quest for the 'mundane, middle class existence' she had always craved. In her apartment, overlooked by 'a portrait of someone else's ancestor' she recounts poignant remembered images of star watching with her father, juxtaposed with recollections of irregular meals, accidents and police-car chases and reveals her complex feelings of shame, guilt, pity and pride toward her parents.

From Jeannette Walls, the bestselling author of The Glass Castle, a riveting new novel about an indomitable young woman in Prohibition-era Virginia

From the author of the two-million copy US bestseller, The Glass Castle, comes a debut novel inspired by the extraordinary life of her grandmother

Década de los setenta en una pequeña ciudad de California. "Bean" Holladay tiene doce años y su hermana Liz quince cuando su madre las abandona "para encontrarse a sí misma" y triunfar en la música. Aunque les deja dinero para subsistir un mes o dos, las pequeñas tienen miedo de acabar siendo recogidas por los servicios sociales y deciden viajar a Virginia, donde su tío Tinsley vive en la decadente mansión que ha sido la casa de su familia durante generaciones. Pero el pequeño pueblo en el que nacieron ha cambiado mucho, y la vida es muy diferente. Ante la escasez de dinero, las hermanas tendrán que hacer pequeños trabajos para Jerry Maddox, el poderoso capataz de la algodonera. Las niñas deberán adaptarse para volver a empezar a la vez que descubrirán la historia oculta de quién es su padre y por qué su madre tuvo que abandonar Virginia. Jeannette Walls vuelve a conmover con una novela sobre la familia, la amistad y el triunfo de la justicia frente a la adversidad. Y sobre personas que encuentran un modo de amar a los demás y al mundo pese a todos sus defectos. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION "It is 1970 in a small town in California. "Bean" Holladay is twelve and her sister, Liz, is fifteen when their artistic mother, Charlotte, takes off to find herself, leaving her girls enough money to last a month or two. When Bean returns from school one day and sees a police car outside the house, she and Liz decide to take the bus to Virginia, where their widowed Uncle Tinsley lives in the decaying mansion that's been in Charlotte's family for generations."

"A rollicking tale." --The Washington Post *"Propulsive." --Associated Press * "Wild, smart, energetic." --Los Angeles Times * "Brilliant and effervescent." --NPR From the #1 bestselling author of The Glass Castle, the instant New York Times bestseller a "rip-roaring, action-packed" (The New York Times) novel about an indomitable young woman in prohibition-era Virginia. Sallie Kincaid is the daughter of the biggest man in a small town, the charismatic Duke Kincaid. Born at the turn of the 20th century into a life of comfort and privilege, Sallie remembers little about her mother who died in a violent argument with the Duke. By the time she is just eight years old, the Duke has remarried and had a son, Eddie. While Sallie is her father's daughter, sharp-witted and resourceful, Eddie is his mother's son, timid and cerebral. When Sallie tries to teach young Eddie to be more like their father, her daredevil coaching leads to an accident, and Sallie is cast out. Nine years later, she returns, determined to reclaim her place in the family. That's a lot more complicated than Sallie expected, and she enters a world of conflict and lawlessness. Sallie confronts the secrets and scandals that hide in the shadows of the Big House, navigates the factions in the family and town, and finally comes into her own as a bold, sometimes reckless bootlegger. "You'll fall in love with Sallie on the very first page and keep rooting for her all the way through to the last" (Good Housekeeping) in this thrilling read that "goes down easy...like the forbidden whisky that defines the life of Sallie Kincaid" (Associated Press).

Sallie ist die Tochter des mächtigsten Mannes einer Kleinstadt in Virginia. Geboren zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts, ist sie fünf Jahre alt, als ihre Mutter stirbt nach einem Streit mit Sallies Vater, dem charismatischen Duke Kincaid. Er heiratet erneut und bekommt einen Sohn. Als Sallie dem Halbbruder beibringen will, so stark wie der Vater – und sie selbst – zu sein, führt ihre waghalsige Nachhilfe zu einem schweren Unfall. Sallie wird verstoßen und muss das Anwesen verlassen. Mit siebzehn Jahren kehrt sie zurück ins Große Haus, entschlossen, sich ihren Platz in der Familie zurückzuerobern. Doch der Duke ist tot, es gilt die Prohibition und in der Stadt herrscht Lynchjustiz. Sallie ist entschlossen, nicht ein zweites Mal zu weichen – und widersetzt sich der harten Männerwelt selbstbewusst und scharfsinnig, um sie für immer zu verändern.Jeannette Walls studierte am Barnard College und arbeitete über zwanzig Jahre als Journalistin in New York. Ihr internationaler Bestseller Schloss aus Glas (2006) wurde 2017 mit Naomi Watts und Woody Harrelson erfolgreich verfilmt. Es folgten Ein ungezähmtes Leben (2009), eine Romanbiographie über ihre Großmutter und Die andere Seite des Himmels (2013), die bewegende Geschichte zweier mutiger Mädchen im Kalifornien der 1970er Jahre. Zusammen mit ihrem Mann, dem Schriftsteller John Taylor, lebt Jeannette Walls im ländlichen Virginia.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Glass Castle and Hang the Moon, Jeannette Walls’s gripping novel "transports us with her powerful storytelling...contemplates the extraordinary bravery needed to confront real-life demons in a world where the hardest thing to do may be to not run away" (O, The Oprah Magazine).It is 1970 in a small town in California. “Bean” Holladay is twelve and her sister, Liz, is fifteen when their artistic mother, Charlotte, takes off to find herself, leaving her girls enough money to last a month or two. When Bean returns from school one day and sees a police car outside the house, she and Liz decide to take the bus to Virginia, where their widowed Uncle Tinsley lives in the decaying mansion that’s been in Charlotte’s family for generations. An impetuous optimist, Bean soon discovers who her father was, and hears stories about why their mother left Virginia in the first place. Money is tight, and the sisters start babysitting and doing office work for Jerry Maddox, foreman of the mill in town, who bullies his workers, his tenants, his children, and his wife. Liz is whip-smart—an inventor of word games, reader of Edgar Allan Poe, nonconformist. But when school starts in the fall, it’s Bean who easily adjusts, and Liz who becomes increasingly withdrawn. And then something happens to Liz in the car with Maddox. Jeannette Walls has written a deeply moving novel about triumph over adversity and about people who find a way to love each other and the world, despite its flaws and injustices.

Jeannette Walls ist ein glückliches Kind Sie hat einen Vater, der mit ihr auf Dämonenjagd geht, ihr die Physik erklärt und die Sterne vom Himmel holt. Da nimmt sie gerne in Kauf, immer mal wieder mit leerem Bauch ins Bett zu gehen, ihre egomanische Künstlermutter zu ertragen oder in Nacht-und-Nebel-Aktionen den Wohnort zu wechseln. Mit den Jahren allerdings werden die sozialen Verhältnisse schlimmer, die Sprüche des Vaters schaler und das Lügengebäude der Eltern so zerbrechlich wie das Schloss aus Glas, das der Vater jahrelang zu bauen versprochen hatte.

A stunning, heartbreaking novel about an intrepid girl who challenges the injustice of the adult world - a triumph of imagination and storytelling