Velshi Banned Book Club: ‘The Glass Castle’ with Jeannette Walls

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Written using frank language and vivid descriptions of moments that are so emotionally fraught and shocking you would be forgiven for thinking they are fiction, "The Glass Castle" is a masterclass in thought-provoking memoir. It chronicles Walls' deeply abusive and dysfunctional childhood, which was constantly uprooted at the whims of her parents. Walls and her siblings faced bullying, hunger, homelessness, and sexual abuse. Yet, where Walls could depict her parents as one-sided abusers, she doesn’t, writing, instead, with nuance, depth, and love. The book bans are "breaking my heart," says Walls. "The way to protect children is not to put them in a bubble… Give them the tools… It’s very empowering to these kids to know ‘I’m not the only one going through it.’"
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@olenkamackey8885 13 дней назад

I don't understand. I am a conservative and I do not share the author's childhood traumas, but I found the book extremely inspiring and compassionate!

@bekind5738 13 дней назад

The Glass castle is a brilliant piece of writing. Shame on all these banners. Education is the great equalizers.

@jltsheppard5057 13 дней назад

Of course small minds would want to ban a true story about how real love overcomes the darkness of shame. Thank you so much, Jeanette Walls, for becoming a writer and telling your story, and thank you, Velshi, for doing this Banned Book Club.

@orchidlilly7518 13 дней назад

The idea that there is such a thing in America is insane. The Glass Castle is an amazing piece of work !! Shame on these book banners ! This should Never of been an issue..........

@marycunningham8466 13 дней назад

I am not American but this is horrifying. As a child born during the 2nd world war book banning has echoes that l did not expect to see in 21st century in the west. I

@alexandrawallner8814 13 дней назад

THE GLASS CASTLE is a wonderful, readable book and a story that was begging to be told. Banning it? I don't think so. Small minds want to ban it. Geez! -- Thanks for a great book, Jeanette Walls!

@WarrenHolly 13 дней назад

What are they upset about the book for?

@patricial.6758 12 дней назад

I read this book. I was an adult at the time. Where is the book banned? High schools? Where semi-adult kids are becoming old enough to deal with disfunctional family issues? Serious life altering decisions about their own lives, who they become involved with, have relationships with? And also observing relationships of others around them. The book was a little depressing in parts, but still made me think.

@shelleydwyer-murphy2281 13 дней назад

I so appreciate Mr. Velshi doing this Banned Book Club. And this was a great interview with a very brave woman.

@costidisa 13 дней назад

@@mananimal3644same goes for the bible...

@rafaelalamo7665 13 дней назад

This is a wonderful book. Absolutely raw and beautifully written. ❤

@user-mi6zq6jh8c 13 дней назад

children are one thing, high schoolers are young adults who need to know about the world as it really is, not as presented in Hallmark videos.

@lauracarstiou3505 13 дней назад

Amen. We read The Scarlet Letter in highschool which is about adultery. Is that banned now? Or how about Sister Carrie? I just read that recently and it was not about a Leave it to Beaver type family!!😮

@lindaSmith6588 13 дней назад

Trump supporters are adults. They need to know Trump for the corrupt, traitorous, liar he is. Not the false hallmark card life he presents.

@user-mi6zq6jh8c 12 дней назад

@@lauracarstiou3505 I know. What this excessive protection does is leave middle class children naive and at risk for being coopted by extremist political and religious groups. Working class children have objective life lessons all around them if they choose to learn from them, but they too need the wisdom contained in young adult fiction.

@jasonito23 13 дней назад

This was actually required reading in my middle school. One of the books that I really appreciated in school. At my school, when parents complained about a book our school just said, you can choose to have your student sit in another class while we discuss these books. Every time the parents conceded- most of the time because their child wanted to be part of class.

@zs4673 13 дней назад

This is an outstanding book for high schoolers.

@c.lyttle3017 13 дней назад

This book is amazing and deeply memorable. The ability of J. Walls to survive and thrive from such a difficult childhood is an inspiring story. Don't ban books.

@starkillerclub3755 13 дней назад

I can not express how much I love this book, and how it explores the humanity, the good and ugly, that encompass a life of nonconformity and living outside the mainstream.

@loriwhite8501 13 дней назад

That's crazy. It's an amazing book.

@Chichi-ld1eo 13 дней назад

I would have loved this book when I was younger. I love it now at 70.

@user-mi6zq6jh8c 13 дней назад

reading about Jeannette's life would definitely inspire high school children to aspire to greatness and overcome terrible hardships with no help from society.

@MartijnHover 13 дней назад

The idea that one should "overcoime hardships" with "no help from society" is typically American and a strong symptom of American dysfunctionality. Helping people to overcome hardships is what society is for. Or should be, at least.

@user-mi6zq6jh8c 12 дней назад

@@MartijnHover I absolutely agree. However, I was prating the right wing view about what should motivate high schoolers and that includes pulling themselves up by their own bootstraps (which is impossible by the way). It is right wing free market economics, together with the idea that taxation is theft, which has left the US behind other developed countries, which have a reasonable social safety net, good schools, funded healthcare, and higher levels of life satisfaction. The rich get it all, and the rest suffer.

@clayoreilly4553 10 дней назад

It is impossible to "overcome terrible hardship with no help from society." How does an infant or a toddler or a child grow with no help? It is not possible. Human beings do not have that capability.

@user-mi6zq6jh8c 9 дней назад

@@clayoreilly4553 of course it isn't. I was parroting the right wing pull yourself up by your own boots bootstraps for dramatic effect. They believe in 'the spur of poverty' as the best means of poor people achieving anything - this doesn't seem to encompass the idea of middle class children who are high achievers despite having had a fortunate upbringing. Nor does it address the fact that the so-called 'spur' of poverty actually drags people down into a difficult struggle for existence.

@denniswilliamson9136 13 дней назад

I have not read the book. I have lived it. My Parents taught me everything NOT to be. I thank them.

@LillianBell-yy3zi 13 дней назад

and that you grew beyond it with compassion and forgiveness. What an inspiration Ms. Walls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@johnstiver4564 12 дней назад

I know, I would have probably gotten cynical, mean and depressed AND had several substance abuse issues.

@MicrobyteAlan 13 дней назад

Greetings from florida, fascism is strong here. Free the books.

@WarrenHolly 13 дней назад

How are the political maps drawn up in Florida?

@MicrobyteAlan 13 дней назад

@@WarrenHolly by governor Rhonda Santis.

@WarrenHolly 12 дней назад

@@MicrobyteAlan I believe that Florida is about to turn blue

@MicrobyteAlan 12 дней назад

@@WarrenHolly fingers crossed, however we still have desantis for two more years and our state government is ruby red.

@jennywhisconier7777 13 дней назад

Jeannette Walls: I"m going out and buying that book -- You're a delight! -- Thanks, Velshi, for the intro!

@elizabethwinters5361 13 дней назад

One of my favorite books ever. I read it for the first time when someone loaned it to me, and bought my own copy to read it again. I treasure this book!

@user-mi6zq6jh8c 13 дней назад

a house filled with books - not a typical trailer trash experience! Thank god for libraries.

@usainengland 13 дней назад

There’s a reason for “Love your neighbour as yourself.” Humans need self compassion to have complete compassion for others. These book bans are as pernicious as they are deluded.

@cynthiafabriziopelak7823 13 дней назад

What a gift. Thanks for the show. I love the book. Powerful Read! I hope the sales of the book increases.

@nanunana9087 13 дней назад

I love the Book ❤ It is very well knien here in Germany 🇩🇪

@arxsyn 12 дней назад

that's wonderful. this is the first time i've ever heard about this. i'm sure it's great. book bans however are terrible. Imagine banning Anne Frank!

@MR-fn1gx 13 дней назад

I read this book after my daughter “ read “ it in HS & I could relate to it on SO many levels. I highly recommend this book to everyone.

@marciawade8813 13 дней назад

One might be so null of mind to demand removal of such inspirational books as "The Glass Castle" from elementary & middle school, but how can they argue to remove such inspirational books from High School Level readers or the public library... Yet, there they are.

@susanforrest128 13 дней назад

A brilliant, frightening, hopeful memoir!

@emmasue4181 13 дней назад

Excellent.

13 дней назад

I’m in total shock. How is it possible that this book could be banned? I read it as soon as the paper back came out. It opens one’s eyes it was truly educational.

@johnheigis83 13 дней назад

Good for you, young lady.

@dhoffman4955 13 дней назад

Not only is this one of my favorite books, but I encourage young people to read it.

@Marty_Wanlass 13 дней назад

Doesn't Mr Velshi look fabulous tonight. Great suit. Understanding that others suffer trauma can make us all more compassionate.

@cheriewolfsen2491 13 дней назад

❤❤❤Jeanette Walls Books!!!

@robinhoward8805 13 дней назад

What a beautiful interview about what sounds like a wonderful & inspiring book! Thanks so much ❤

@c.lyttle3017 13 дней назад

You should read it. It is inspiring to see her succeed in life after such an incredibly chaotic upbringing.

@annawolfe2706 13 дней назад

BEST BOOK I EVER READ!!!

@laurieeyebee 13 дней назад

Absolutely excellent, unforgettable piece of work. I just watched the movie and thought it was done well. My parents never abused us but they had their moments, and all is now seen with love.

@thejulesist 13 дней назад

It's a great book!!!!!

@johnstiver4564 12 дней назад

I've got to get this book! I can relate! My father wasn't an alcoholic but he was a religious fanatic - just as bad if not worse. He wasted the last 45 years of his life looking forward to a non-existent afterlife. He might have been better off if he had an occasional drink.

@lauracarstiou3505 13 дней назад

I read it twice. It's powerful and amazing she survived all that. I also saw the movie. I could identify with some of it except the poverty. My parents were functioning alcoholics who cherished reading and classical music. I am an avid reader and an artist thanks to them. I really understood Walls emotional journey

@susanford2388 13 дней назад

The idea of banning books is grotesque, backward & unlearned. We evolve as humans & are constantly learning. If Ron De Santis no longer wants to learn then he can leave let others flourish. This country is not a dictatorship yet Red Governors are behaving like that.

@clayoreilly4553 10 дней назад

Brava, Madame! Thank you for sharing your story.

@vaunniethayer1484 13 дней назад

Ironically the very children who will want to read this book are the children who are themselves suffering from parental abuse. They need to know they are not alone and that surviving and thriving are possible. If parents don’t want their children to read a particular book that’s their choice, however they have no right to make that choice for your children.

@bereal6590 12 дней назад

Protecting children isn't banning books. If I'd read a book like this as a kid, it could have helped me out of my situation. Alas ignoring and neglect was what we in my area and class received, no matter jow much abuse ✌

@PriscillaRobb 13 дней назад

Now, I am curious why the book was banned. I will check that book in our public library. I just read the book, The Fixer. It was a good book.

@mistiecantey1 13 дней назад

Great book.

@mistiecantey1 13 дней назад

Any parent who thinks this book should be banned for high school students is both stupid and naive.

@cedarwaxwing3509 13 дней назад

@@mistiecantey1 Or guilty.

@lauralafauve5520 13 дней назад

Hello! Looking forward to the Velshi podcast!

@ShirleyKing-zt1ep 5 дней назад

Saw this interview and realized I had the book! Started reading and could not put it down! I could relate, but not as extreme as her experience! WOW! AWESOME!!

@leahartlee29 13 дней назад

This book is so important. I read it as an adult and love it SO MUCH! These book banners need to be banned. This is RIDICULOUS! This book can help people prevent AND overcome the worst things! Vote Blue!!

@jannea4318 12 дней назад

I've read The Glass Castle three times and will read it again.

@Snowpaux 6 дней назад

I listened to the audiobook. Velshi is my go-to 🥰

@frederickfernandez787 13 дней назад

Violence has no place in our society! It’s the cause of dysfunctional individuals in our society! Traumatic scars will always exhibit as anti social reaction afterwards in the life of those who are subjected to it…

@Flo1918 13 дней назад

Are you serious that a mother wants this book banned ? She must be nuts....this book talks about real life...i haven't read it but I've lived with abusif and alcoholic parents...we lived in a really big house that was cold...we had no water, no bathroom, no toilet....but I moved on with this..I learned to live with nothing much yet I had everything...I loved to wake up from my straw mattress bed...it smelled so good when they changed the straw in Autumn.....I tell myself that all throu that, I learned compassion and humbleness....your book sounds like agood one for me to read and lose myself in it...Thank you for showing to so many people that life isnt always living in a castle..❤❤❤

@kenbredow8727 13 дней назад

Indeed a great story. Thank you Jeanette Walls

@andreac-iheartcrossstitch День назад

This is one of the best books I've ever read. How ridiculous that it has been banned!!

@lauracarstiou3505 13 дней назад

If l were a teenager and there were banned books l would do anything to get hold of those books. Madame Bovary was once banned and I made sure to read it in highschool.

@grumpyoldlady_rants 12 дней назад

Why in the world would this book be banned? Good grief. I read this book years ago and, unfortunately, could relate to a lot of it. My childhood was pretty dysfunctional as well. I don’t remember their being SA in the book so it obviously wasn’t triggering to me. (and I was also SA’d as a child). Why do these parents not want their almost adult age children to read stories of real life and overcoming?

@antonyreyn 13 дней назад

Just read about Clarice Lispecter who was burnt by fire in her fifties - speaking from her Tomb

@barbaraj6340 12 дней назад

This is banned? That is crazy!

@stregalilith 8 дней назад

I’m with the banned❤️

@dariamorgendorffer7813 12 дней назад

Did this person actually read the book?!? ‘Aspire to greatness’ is the goal of the story!!!!! A school is a place to give tools to students to help them succeed in life! It educates them on general education but helps them overcome sacrifices, traumas, and difficult experiences. How will they understand their predicaments if they can’t even name what is affecting them? Get over yourself! SA is happening to children! It's sucks, but it happens. Books like this are essential, even if it makes you uncomfortable! Geez!!!!

@mr.m4853 13 дней назад

There are no banned books

@GCar35 13 дней назад

You need to look up the definition of, “banned” The GOVERNMENT BANS this Book from high school libraries and curriculum. Get it!? Jees

@jessicatymczak5852 5 дней назад

This is completely ridiculous, enough already. If you don’t want your kid to read this book, then parent up and don’t let them. But you have zero right to ban others from reading it, that is a violation of my right to raise my kids my way. Enough, enough already.

@judithwilliams5773 13 дней назад

Even if the book is not available at school kids and their parents can always buy them elsewhere

@smileyface-hx3gh 13 дней назад

Youre missing the point. Books should not be banned because some people think that they are not apprpriate for children or young adults. Freedom of speech.

@dagmarfrerking2235 13 дней назад

And what about kids who have parents who can't afford to buy books or don't understand why they should or can't read themselves and therefore wouldn't know what to buy.... Those disadvantaged kids need the books most!

@lauralafauve5520 13 дней назад

I was selling some children's books at a flea market. I met some kids who wanted a particular book that their teacher had read to them at school. Their mom, at first, refused to buy it until I explained to her that this was a book from their school that their teacher read to them and that's why they wanted it so much. That made sense to her and she bought the book for them.

@costidisa 13 дней назад

Same for the bible. It should only be bought by people who really want it, not be made available to everyone. Agree?

@heatherross928 13 дней назад

I agree with removing it from high school. I read the book when it came about. Amazing book. But not for a 15 year old.

@anamariaguadayol2335 13 дней назад

Oh, I don't know. I read "The Diary of Anne Frank," "The Story of O," and Anna is Nin, "Little Birds," and oodles of other inappropriate books in my parents ' library by the time I was 12. And here I am at 73, twice widowed from two of the most wonderful men who ever lived; have advanced degrees, successful children (grandchildren and great grandchildren), and turned up as a very well adjusted human being despite having had to emigrate twice in my life and start with nothing both times. If a child picks up a book, let him or her read it and then be there to answer all of their questions. I loved my deep conversations with my dad about the books I was reading.

@costidisa 13 дней назад

Same for the bible? Who are you to decide if my 15year old should be able to read it?

@anamariaguadayol2335 13 дней назад

@@costidisa I am a teacher with 34 years of experience. Your 25 year old is an uneducated canvas who needs to be civilized so he or she can function in society.

@winstonsmith6607 13 дней назад

Velshi should just come out and say it: He wants the age of consent lowered

@meghan42 13 дней назад

What does banning such a wonderful book have to do with the fact that some red states allow children to get married?

@costidisa 13 дней назад

The fact that you could take such an offensive and reductionist view tells us all that you likely haven't read many/any books, except maybe short phrases from a bronze age book. You should go to another video and make comments about Hunter's laptop. That seems more your speed.

@stregalilith 8 дней назад

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