I just started reading this book today. I try and alternate classic literature with something more modern. After this novel, I'm going to read The Odyssey or Henry V. I like biographies and I've heard this is along the lines of McCourt's Angela's Ashes.

let me know if you want to do The Odyssey. I'm interested. I'll be ready to read in about 3 weeks.

Will do. I'm halfway through The Glass Castle. Let me know when you're ready

I think I might join in on the Odyssey too.

meliamom wrote:I just started reading this book today. I try and alternate classic literature with something more modern. After this novel, I'm going to read The Odyssey or Henry V. I like biographies and I've heard this is along the lines of McCourt's Angela's Ashes.

I guess you could say it is along the lines of McCourt's great book. It isn't of the same literary quality, but I think McCourt joined a select group with that memoir. I thought Jeanette Walls wrote a good book, too, though. I live near W. Virginia and have known many West Virginians, so I felt some familiarity with the characters. An interesting note is that my cubicle neighbor at work, a native West Virginian, hated the book, thought that Walls must have trumped up many of the episodes. And she is not obviously sensitive about negative views of the state.