The East Valley Book Club November Meetup

Ok, well, I haven't finalized the details for the November meeting, but I will post the book for now. We have chosen "The Glass Castle: A Memoir" by Jeannette Walls. This book is one that has been on my radar for a while. Here is what Publisher's Weekly0 has to say:
Freelance writer Walls doesn't pull her punches. She opens her memoir by describing looking out the window of her taxi, wondering if she's "overdressed for the evening" and spotting her mother on the sidewalk, "rooting through a Dumpster." Walls's parents—just two of the unforgettable characters in this excellent, unusual book—were a matched pair of eccentrics, and raising four children didn't conventionalize either of them. Her father was a self-taught man, a would-be inventor who could stay longer at a poker table than at most jobs and had "a little bit of a drinking situation," as her mother put it. With a fantastic storytelling knack, Walls describes her artist mom's great gift for rationalizing. Apartment walls so thin they heard all their neighbors? What a bonus—they'd "pick up a little Spanish without even studying." Why feed their pets? They'd be helping them "by not allowing them to become dependent." While Walls's father's version of Christmas presents—walking each child into the Arizona desert at night and letting each one claim a star—was delightful, he wasn't so dear when he stole the kids' hard-earned savings to go on a bender. The Walls children learned to support themselves, eating out of trashcans at school or painting their skin so the holes in their pants didn't show. Buck-toothed Jeannette even tried making her own braces when she heard what orthodontia cost. One by one, each child escaped to New York City. Still, it wasn't long before their parents appeared on their doorsteps. "Why not?" Mom said. "Being homeless is an adventure."
Hope that everyone has a good read with this one, and I look forward to discussing it!
SYH

OK, I thought that I would add on to the existing meeting. I have finalized the details. This meeting starts a little earlier than others (6pm instead of 7pm) and we get to invite other people! Like, not book reading people! It will be a bit of a potluck type dinner, so bring whatever you would like. I hope to see EVERYONE there, even if you haven't read the book, and get to know us! We are crazy, but we are fun!

Hope to see you there! Oh, and Merry Christmas!