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Half Broke Horses

Jeannette Walls

Hardcover | Pages: 272 pages

Rating: 4.07 | 136976 Users | 11414 Reviews

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Title	:	Half Broke Horses
Author	:	Jeannette Walls
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 272 pages
Published	:	October 6th 2009 by Scribner (first published October 6th 2008)
Categories	:	Autobiography. Memoir. Nonfiction. Biography. Book Club. Historical. Biography Memoir. Adult

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Jeannette Walls's memoir The Glass Castle was "nothing short of spectacular" (Entertainment Weekly). Now, in Half Broke Horses, she brings us the story of her grandmother, told in a first-person voice that is authentic, irresistible, and triumphant. "Those old cows knew trouble was coming before we did." So begins the story of Lily Casey Smith, Jeannette Walls's 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 town -- riding five hundred miles on her pony, alone, to get to her job. She learned to drive a car ("I loved cars even more than I loved horses. They didn't need to be fed if they weren't working, and they didn't leave big piles of manure all over the place") and fly a plane. And, with her husband Jim, she ran a vast ranch in Arizona. She raised two children, one of whom is Jeannette's memorable mother, Rosemary Smith Walls, unforgettably portrayed in The Glass Castle. Lily survived tornadoes, droughts, floods, the Great Depression, and the most heartbreaking personal tragedy. She bristled at prejudice of all kinds -- against women, Native Americans, and anyone else who didn't 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. Half Broke Horses is Laura Ingalls Wilder for adults, as riveting and dramatic as Isak Dinesen's Out of Africa or Beryl Markham's West with the Night. Destined to become a classic, it will transfix audiences everywhere.

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Original Title:	Half Broke Horses: A True Life Novel
ISBN:	1416586288 (ISBN13: 9781416586289)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Lily Casey Smith
Literary Awards:	Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Nonfiction (2009)

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We first meet Rose Mary Walls, the free spirited , artistic, and bohemian mother of author Jeanette Walls in her autobiography The Glass Castle. This second book told in first person narrative by Lily Casey Smith, Rose Mary's mother, who herself was a darn gutsy horse ranching, airplane flying woman during the Great Depression gives you further insight into the families entertaining dynamics. These books have resurfaced after the release of The Glass Castle film last year. They are easy to read

I am in the midst of this read but I have to say as soon as I read the first page I was invested in what was to unfold. It was a real grabber of a opening. I finished this book and enjoyed every moment of reading. It was so interesting. It covered many changes in the main characters life and it represented how most people will deal with what comes their way, with grace and acceptance. Very good book.

This is the story of the author's grandmother, Lily Casey Smith. It is called a "True Life Novel" because it is written from the stories that the author, Jeannette Walls, remembers her grandmother telling, rather than from personal papers.Lily comes across as a pretty amazing woman, who is also a survivor. She makes her way through life in a pretty no-nonsense kind of manner, always managing to find a way to make things work, whether it is The Great Depression, or tornadoes and floods.I read

A great story, just as in The Glass Castle. How could a mother and daughter be any different? To me, there were 2 "sins of omission" here--one, I really wish Walls would have put a map at the beginning of the book of the west where Lily lived because I'm not familiar with the distances and all the moves back and forth. The other, since it is a work of fiction based on her grandmother's life (vs. a biography) Walls could have extended the book by another 100 pages or so to really emphasize some

I was thrilled when I was able to read this book right after the Glass Castle since this explains a lot about their lives BEFORE. But to me, this one didnt hold my interest like Glass Castle did. I found myself skimming throughout and Im giving it 3 stars for that reason.

This book is based on a real person, Liley Casey Smith. She was a tough woman who learnt enough lessons in her life to make her survive in any which way possible. Along the way she learns not to trust people, and with reason.Born in a dug-out in Texas with a anti-authoritarian father with a physical disability, but a very strong mind, and a mother who cared more about lost social standing than physical hard work, Lily quickly learns to make up her own mind and let things happen. Riding five

Half Broke Horses, Jeannette WallsHalf Broke Horses is a 2009 novel by Jeannette Walls detailing the life of her grandmother, Lily Casey Smith. Half Broke Horses is the story of Lily Casey Smiths life. Author Jeannette Walls, the granddaughter of Lily Casey Smith, wrote the book from Lilys point of view. Lily is portrayed as a strong, spirited, and resourceful woman, who overcomes poverty and tragedy with the positive attitude that When God closes a window, he opens a door. But its up to you to