The Glass Castle was about a girl living with irresponsible parents. Her dad was the town drunk and he would camouflage the family's struggle with the idea of the glass castle. His promise was that they would have a glass castle out in the middle of nowhere where they could get away from it all. This was a very interesting idea because as Jeannette grew up, the glass castle transitioned from a drunken promise into hope for the future. She is now a writer living in luxury and feels bad that her mother is living in poverty but she understands that's what her mother prefers to do.
The Last Lecture struck me and made me understand just how valuable life really is and that life needs to be lived to the fullest. This memoir was about a professor who is dying of cancer and gives a lecture to show people how they can fulfill their childhood dreams. One of his dreams as a kid was to play in the NFL. The Pittsburgh Steelers let Randy practice with them to help him reach one of his dreams. The message of his memoir is that people need to be more proactive with their lives and that people should do what they want to do.
Two Kisses for Maddy is about Matthew and his true love. When the wife, Liz, gives birth to her child she passes away due to a blood colt in her brain just before she got to hold her baby. After Liz died, Matthew struggles to live without Liz. I found the ways he deals with this obstacle very touching. He sees Madeline as the gleaming image of his wife. He also believes that Liz is watching them from p above and will always be with them. When he kisses Maddy, he kisses her twice. One is from him and the other is from her mother. I found Matthew's life very moving because despite his suffering, he found a way to be a good father and cope with the loss of his wife.
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