What is the author's style in The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls?

The memoir, The Glass Castle, is written by Jeannette Walls and describes her unique childhood. Jeanette shares with her readers a view of her life as a child in a family that can only be described as dysfunctional. Since the memoir is about Jeannette's family and her own experiences in childhood, Jeanette's perspective in the writing of this book is highly personal. Jeannette lived the life she writes about in this book. Every word she has written is a memory of a moment she experienced, or her siblings experienced, in their childhood. The perspective is highly personal and gives the reader an emotional connection to the story that another author could never have provided.