Glass Castle Discussion at Mosquito Café

Six people attended the Glass Castle book discussion at Mosquito Café Wednesday evening, February 19. The question of whether Jeannette Wall’s parents were negligent was examined. The consensus was no. Although participants agreed the mother and father were not average parents they were not considered neglectful because the children turned out all right (or at least three of the four did). One participator said she admired Rosemary, the mother, for being creative and following her heart for art sake and not to make money.
Facilitator, Bernice Terregrossa, found it interesting that the opinions of the discussion group differed so much from the book’s selection committee and commented that the selection committee must have done a good job of finding a book that lent itself to divergent interpretations.
The program lasted one and a half hours with everyone in attendance saying they plan to be present for the Resilient Child Panel Discussion on March 25th. This is the last of book discussions for this Galveston Reads season 2009.
Submitted by Barbara Arnold