Entry 5

The title, The Glass Castle, refers to the house the father, Rex Walls, planned to build for his family to live in. From the time they were very young, he told the children that he would have his engineering skills and mathematical skills come together in one great project; a huge house in the dessert. He planned on it having a glass ceiling, glass walls, and staircase, from which The Glass Castle gets its name. It would also have solar power electricity, and a water-purification system. Together, he and the children drew out blue prints for it, which he carried everywhere he went. Unfortunately, they never went past this stage.