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Jeannette Walls



__ Contact Me __ Address: 386 Forest Hill Avenue, Culpeper, VA, 46803 Phone: (540)389-2451 Fax: (540)278-3590 Email:jeannettewalls@gmail.com

Jeannette Walls was born in Phoenix Arizona in 1960 to her eccentric parents Rex and Rose Mary Walls. She grew up with her three sibilings Lori, Brian, and Maureen. She lived a life of poeverty and constant stuggle due to the strange antics of her parents. Her dad was never able to hold a steady job due to his battle with alcholism, and her mom chose not to work so that she could focus on her love for art.

Eventually Jeannete moved back to Welch, West Virginia her father's hometown.. The Welch family lived in a run down shack without running water, or indoor plumbing. Ever since she was young, both her and her oldest sister Lori planned an escape from Welch. Lori moved to New York first and then Jeannette dropped out of high school when she was 17 to live with Lori. At first they both found service industry jobs and shared an apartment in the South Bronx, but it was paradise compared to Welch.  In 1984 Jeannette graduated from Barnard College and in 1988 she got married to rich New York man. She started to work her way up the journalism ranks first writing the "Intelligencer" column for New York magazine. Later on she took a job with Esquire in 1993 and f ive years later, she moved on to MSNBC.com, where she started writing the "Scoop" column. In 2002 she remarried her fellow journalist, John Taylor.

Jeannette allways kept her childhood struggles a secret from most people. John, her husband, encouraged her to reveal her past to the world before someone else beat her to it. In 2000, she published the book __Dish: The Inside Story on the World of Gossip__, in 2005 her personal memoir __The Glass Castle__, and in 2009 her first fiction book, __Half Broke Horses__. __Half Broken Horses__ is a novel based on the life of her grandmother Lily Casey Smith.

Jeannette Walls is a real example of a rags to riches lifestyle. She grew up in the extreme poverty of Welch West Virginia, and she is now an award winning author. Walls and her husband both enjoy their success with a home in Manhattan, and another in the Long Island resort community of the Hamptons. Even though Jeannette lives a life of luxury now, she never takes for granted the simpler things in life because of the deprivation she suffered as a child.

Jeannette Walls The Glass Castle

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__Quotes From Jeannette Walls The Glass Castle __
 * “Things usually work out in the end." "What if they don't?" "That just means you haven't come to the end yet.” ― Jeannette Walls, __The Glass Castle__
 * "You should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies. Everyone has something good about them. You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.” ― Jeannette Walls, __The Glass Castle__
 * “If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim” ― Jeannette Walls, __The Glass Castle__
 * “Anyone who thinks he's too small to make a difference has never been bit by a mosquito” ― Jeannette Walls, __The Glass Castle__

Jeannette Walls Half Broken Horses

Half Broken Horses Interveiw

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References

John J. Taylor Position: Former journalist for Esquire and current author. Phone: (540)378-4893 Email: jjtaylor@gmail.com Address: 386 Forest Hill Avenue, Culpeper, VA, 46803 Lori Walls Position: Former drawer and current illustrator. Phone: (212) 695-6359 Email: lwalls@yahoo.com Address: 318 W 36th St, Apt 4A New York, NY 10018-6430

Mike Armstrong Position: Owner, Publisher, Editor, and Chief at the Phoenix Newspaper Phone: (212) 249-8113 Email: mikearmstrong@aol.com Address: 211 E 70th St, Apt 8E New York, NY 10021-5218