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Not exactly, though he's intended to be a streamlined version of her real-life boyfriend at the time, Eric Goldberg (who she ended up marrying). Subsequently, question is, did Jeannette Walls have children? Walls was 17 years old when she joined her older sister in New York in 1977. In 2005, the entertainment reporter and Park Avenue socialite came clean on The Oprah Show about a shameful secret she was keeping: Her parents were homeless. Jeannette Walls The main character and author of the memoir, she is a hard-working and intelligent child. She is the favorite child of her father, Rex and she is able to believe in him for the longest out of all the children. She becomes a journalist later in life and is married twice. Eric Goldberg (m. 2002) Jeannette Walls (born April 21, 1960) is an American author and journalist widely known as former gossip columnist for MSNBC.com and author of The Glass Castle, a memoir of the nomadic family life of her childhood. Published in 2005, it. Walls is known for her work on the MSNBC.com gossip column 'Scoop'. She is also the author of four books: Dish: The Inside Story on the World of Gossip (2000), The Glass Castle (2005), her first fiction work Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel (2009), and her latest novel The Silver Star (2013). In 1988 Walls was married to Eric Goldberg.
Early in her career Walls interned at a Brooklyn newspaper called The Phoenix and eventually became a full-time reporter there. From 1987 to 1993 she wrote the 'Intelligencer' column for New York magazine.[5] She then wrote a gossip column for Esquire, from 1993 to 1998,[5] then contributed regularly to the gossip column 'Scoop' at MSNBC.com from 1998 until her departure to write full-time in 2007.[6][7] Walls has contributed to USA Today,[5] and has appeared on The Today Show, CNN, Primetime, and The Colbert Report.
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Her 2000 book, Dish: The Inside Story on the World of Gossip, was a humorous history of the role gossip has played in U.S. media, politics and life.[8]
In 2005, Walls published the best-selling memoir The Glass Castle,[9] which details the joys and struggles of her childhood. It offers a look into her life and that of her dysfunctional family. The Glass Castle was well received by critics and the public.[10] It has sold over 2.7 million copies and has been translated into 22 languages. It received the Christopher Award, the American Library Association's Alex Award (2006), and the Books for Better Living Award.[11]Paramount bought the film rights to the book,[12] and in March 2013 announced that actress Jennifer Lawrence would play Walls in the movie adaptation. On October 9, 2015, it was reported that Lawrence withdrew from the film and she would be replaced by actress Brie Larson.
In 2009, Walls published her first novel, Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel, based on the life of her grandmother Lily Casey Smith. It was named one of the ten best books of 2009 by the editors of The New York Times Book Review.[13]
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Walls' latest novel, The Silver Star, was published in 2013.