<Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> Dish: The Inside Story on the World of Gossip </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> Half Broke Horses: A True - Life Novel </Td> </Tr> <P> The Glass Castle is a 2005 memoir by Jeannette Walls . The book recounts the unconventional, poverty - stricken upbringing Walls and her siblings had at the hands of their deeply dysfunctional parents . </P> <P> The memoir spent a total of 261 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list . By late 2007, The Glass Castle had sold over 2.7 million copies, had been translated into 22 languages, and received the Christopher Award, the American Library Association's Alex Award (2006) and the Books for Better Living Award . </P>

What type of book is the glass castle