Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel - Paperback
Author: Walls, Jeannette
Publication Date: 09/07/2010
Format: Paperback
So begins the story of Lily Casey Smith, Jeannette Wallsās no-nonsense, resourceful, and spectacularly compelling grandmother. By age six, Lily was helping her father break horses. At fifteen, she left home to teach in a frontier townāriding five hundred miles on her pony, alone, to get to her job. She learned to drive a car and fly a plane. And, with her husband, Jim, she ran a vast ranch in Arizona. She raised two children, one of whom is Jeannetteās memorable mother, Rosemary Smith Walls, unforgettably portrayed inĀ The Glass Castle.
Lily survived tornadoes, droughts, floods, the Great Depression, and the most heartbreaking personal tragedy. She bristled at prejudice of all kindsāagainst women, Native Americans, and anyone else who didnāt fit the mold. Rosemary Smith Walls always told Jeannette that she was like her grandmother, and in this true-life novel, Jeannette Walls channels that kindred spirit.Ā Half Broke HorsesĀ is Laura Ingalls Wilder for adults, as riveting and dramatic as Isak DinesenāsĀ Out of AfricaĀ or Beryl MarkhamāsĀ West with the Night.Ā Destined to become a classic, it will transfix readers everywhere.
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Author: Walls, Jeannette
Publication Date: 09/07/2010
Format: Paperback
So begins the story of Lily Casey Smith, Jeannette Wallsās no-nonsense, resourceful, and spectacularly compelling grandmother. By age six, Lily was helping her father break horses. At fifteen, she left home to teach in a frontier townāriding five hundred miles on her pony, alone, to get to her job. She learned to drive a car and fly a plane. And, with her husband, Jim, she ran a vast ranch in Arizona. She raised two children, one of whom is Jeannetteās memorable mother, Rosemary Smith Walls, unforgettably portrayed inĀ The Glass Castle.
Lily survived tornadoes, droughts, floods, the Great Depression, and the most heartbreaking personal tragedy. She bristled at prejudice of all kindsāagainst women, Native Americans, and anyone else who didnāt fit the mold. Rosemary Smith Walls always told Jeannette that she was like her grandmother, and in this true-life novel, Jeannette Walls channels that kindred spirit.Ā Half Broke HorsesĀ is Laura Ingalls Wilder for adults, as riveting and dramatic as Isak DinesenāsĀ Out of AfricaĀ or Beryl MarkhamāsĀ West with the Night.Ā Destined to become a classic, it will transfix readers everywhere.
