The Glass Castle is a memoir written by Jeannette Walls that recounts her upbringing in a dysfunctional family. Walls and her siblings were raised by their unconventional parents in poverty, moving constantly throughout her childhood. Her father, Rex, was an…
“The Alchemist” is a novel that tells the story of Santiago, a young shepherd boy from Andalusia, Spain, who has a recurring dream about a treasure hidden at the base of the Egyptian pyramids. Believing that this dream is a…