The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober, Jeannette’s brilliant and charismatic father captured his children’s imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn’t want the responsibility of raising a family. The Walls children learned to take care of themselves. They fed, clothed, and protected one another, and eventually found their way to New York. Their parents followed them, choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered. The Glass Castle is truly astonishing—a memoir permeated by the intense love of a peculiar but loyal family.
The Sound Of An Engine is a thrilling Sci-Fi short story by Daniel Macintyre. Set in the future, it describes an eventful voyage in the life of Zeb Tucker, an experienced space flyer who detects that something is not right aboard the cargo ship Star Bound... Mankind is on the cusp of major scientific breakthroughs- but greed and deceit, as usual, have their part to play... Daniel Macintyre is an author who loves to read as well as write, and his influences from authors of the good-old-days of Sci-Fi will likely be on display in this story. Fans of Clifford D Simak, Asimov, Harry Harrison and other similar writers will likely enjoy this story! Daniel is an author based in Guildford, Surrey. He writes in a variety of styles and genres, such as Science Fiction, Poetry, and Comedy. He is also known as the Musician and Singer-Songwriter Zachary Mason. https://books2read.com/u/4A9knA (Estimated read time of story: 15-20 minutes)