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Knightonabike · 23/05/2025 14:57

I wonder if anyone recognises this book from the very vague description.
A memoir filed in the travel section of waterstones , published in the early 2000s
It has Glass in the title. As I remember it, the blurb on the back describes a memoir written by the child of eccentric/ possibly artistic parents who bought a dilapidated mansion / castle in Bohemia (geographically), and raised the family there .
The edition I saw was grey and had a picture of the castle on the cover that looked something like Neuschwanstein.
It is not ‘The Glass Castle’ by Jeanette Walls, or ‘Upper Bohemia’ by Haydn Herrera, which are what the search engines tend to bring up.
For further vagueness , I never read the book but would like to find and read it!
Any suggestions welcome .

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HowDoYouSpellThat · 23/05/2025 14:59

Thrumpton Hall: A Memoir of Life in My Father's House by Miranda Seymour
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Knightonabike · 23/05/2025 15:03

That looks good @HowDoYouSpellThat but no, this one was set in Czech , as I remember it .

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UnderTheFridge · 23/05/2025 15:08

House of Glass by Hadley Freeman?

UnderTheFridge · 23/05/2025 15:09

The Glass Room by Simon Mawer?

Knightonabike · 23/05/2025 15:46

@UnderTheFridge not that one sadly , I did read that though in my quest !

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Knightonabike · 23/05/2025 15:50

Also not the Glass Room by Simon Mawer, looks interesting though!

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Sagealicious · 23/05/2025 15:51

Whatever it is, it sounds interesting.

JaninaDuszejko · 24/05/2025 12:08

What time period did it cover? Prewar or post iron curtain? Were the parents British?

JaninaDuszejko · 24/05/2025 12:18

What about The Twelve Little Cakes by Dominika Dery? Published 2004.

DeSoleil · 24/05/2025 12:20

Not sure about the word glass but what about The Last Palave by Norman Eisen?

DeSoleil · 24/05/2025 12:22

The house in Prague by Anna Nessy Perlberg.

DeSoleil · 24/05/2025 12:25

Prague Winter by Madeleine Albright.

DeSoleil · 24/05/2025 12:27

The haunted land by Tina Rosenberg.

JaninaDuszejko · 24/05/2025 12:35

A Childhood in Bohemia By Erika Storay. Published 2009?

Knightonabike · 24/05/2025 22:45

Thank you for all of these suggestions. There are so many I want to read, but none unfortunately are the one I’m looking for specifically. My Amazon wishlist has grown though!

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