In Jeanette Wall’s memoir, The Glass Castle, Jeanette discusses her relationship with her teeth. In the portion of the book in which she writes about this, Jeanette is in seventh grade. The other girls are very aware of looks and reputation. They discuss boyfriends and other social aspects of middle school, and this heightens Jeanette's cognizance of how she looks. Things only get worse when Ernie tells her she’s ugly. Jeanette takes this very personally and worries that her looks will affect her life. Her teeth are not straight. She has buck teeth. She tries to remedy the situation herself. First, she tries to find out how much it would cost for her to pay for braces herself, but when she realizes how expensive they are, she knows she will have to find another way. Instead, she makes her own braces out of a coat hanger and rubber bands. When her father finds out, he is impressed.
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