Not my favorite of her books, but...

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	• The Glass House People Kathryn Reiss Harcourt Paperbacks, 1996 - 352 pages average customer review:based on 13 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

I expected much more

When I first purchased this book I expected a very thrilling, exciting mystery but when I finished reading it, it seemed as a somewhat boring novel because the story and events felt repetitive. That each event was just like the other. However I must say, the story did make me read on and on, for about 2 hours once. The story was quite a weird one...

A young girl named Beth and her single mother, Hannah, and younger brother, Tom, drove to the east coast from California to visit their grandparents' home. It was uncomfortable for Beth and Tom however even more for Hannah because she ran away from her parents' home and never returned for 20 years. Once they arrived, the layout of the house was the same, however the people weren't. Throughout their whole stay, many quarrels between Hannah and her drunken sister, Iris, had erupted about the cause of death of Clifton Becker. It was a blessing for Beth and Tom to ever get out of the house and hang out with some neighbors around. The whole stay, Beth and Tom tried to figure out the story behind Clifton and how to solve the 20 year old mystery. After all these years, someone finally admitted who pushed him down the deadly stairs, but who was it really?

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The Glass House People

This book was a good book. It kept me want to read on and on. The only reason I gave it **** is because I got kind of confused during the middle of it. Here's my summary on the book:

A teenage girl named Beth has to go with her mom and brother to stay with her mom's family. She has to leave behind her boyfriend, Ray, with whom she works at a stained glass store. Her mom ran away from home when she was 17 and hadn't been back since then. When they get to the house, Beth meets her crazy, drunk aunt named Iris. Iris severly dislikes Beth's mom, who's name is Hannah. Beth is not really sure why. In this book, Beth finds out what truly happened the night before Hannah ran away and why she did.
This book leaves you hanging on the edge of your seat waiting to see what comes next!! Enjoy!!

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The Glass House People

Five stars is the right rateing for this book, I started to read it, and I couldn't put it down!!!

Beth is stuck in a car going to her grandparents house for the first time with her brother and widower mother. Beth doesnt even want to be there she was forced to go by her mother. When they reach their destination, Beth is amazed that this is the enviornment that her mother grew up in. Beth soon learns that all isn't what it appears. Her crazy aunt is always yelling at her and her mother for some unknown reason. Beth soon learns the startling truth. Her aunt was to be married but the man was killed by falling down the steep stairs and hitting his head on the radiator. Beth wanders for answers and starts to find some interesting information, her mother was a "rebel" in her younger years and was trying to split the marridge of her sister and her fiance. Later she learns that it might be her mothers fault!!! Will she ever know who did it??? An absolute must-read mystery book. It will keep you wondering to the very end!

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Very Good i loved it!!!!!!

i would give it 5 stars iloved that book i thought it was so goodthat i told my mom to go out and buy the book for me and now i am doing a reading fair project on it .If i could i would want to tell the author to please write anthor part to that book I did not think it should have been left off there. Well my name is Lindsey and i loved your book i am in 7th grade and asking please WRITE somemore!!!

thanks Lindsey 13 Missississippi

Not my favorite of her books, but...

it wasn't a waste of time, either. It's about a 16 year old girl named Beth who is forced to go along with her mother to her mother's childhood home. Hanny Lynn, Beth's mother, ran away from her family when she was a teenager and hasn't had contact with them since, and for a good reason! But what secret is hiding under the surface of this family? And why does Aunt Iris hate Hanny Lynn so much?

It was a little disappointing. I was expecting so much more from this book, but I do have to say the characterization was strong. I liked the contrasting personalities - especially that of drunken Aunt Iris. And the whole glass concept woven into the book was interesting as well. All in all, I'd probably give it a B.

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Beth?s mother, Hanny Lynn, hasn?t spoken to her parents or her sister, Iris, in twenty years. But she decides it?s time to set aside old grievances, so sixteen-year-old Beth and her brother, Tom, find themselves spending a sweltering summer with their mother and her family in a sleepy Pennsylvania town. More than just homesick, Beth is troubled by deep family tensions and Aunt Iris?s sudden drunken outbursts. As Beth begins to delve into family history, she discovers a chilling and inexplicable tragedy.

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