Walls reimagines the life of her grandmother, Lily Casey, who by age six was helping her father break horses.
Destined to become a classic, it will transfix readers everywhere..
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 .
Rosemary Smith Walls always told Jeannette that she was like her grandmother, and in this True-Life novel, Jeannette Walls channels that kindred spirit.
She bristled at prejudice of all kinds--against women, Native Americans, and anyone else who didn\'t fit the mold.
Lily survived tornadoes, droughts, floods, the Great Depression, and the most heartbreaking personal tragedy.
She raised two children, one who is Jeannette\'s memorable mother, Rosemary Smith Walls, unforgettably portrayed in The Glass Castle .
And, with her husband, Jim, she ran a vast ranch in Arizona.
She learned to drive a car and fly a plane.
At fifteen, she left home to teach in a frontier town--riding five hundred miles on her pony, alone, to get to her job.
By age six, Lily was helping her father break horses.
So begins the story of Lily Casey Smith, Jeannette Walls\'s no-nonsense, resourceful, and spectacularly compelling grandmother.
Those old cows knew trouble was coming before we did.
Destined to become a classic, it will transfix readers everywhere.
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.
She learned to drive a car, fly a plane, and with her husband, managed a vast ranch in Arizona, surviving tornadoes, droughts, floods, and the Great Depression.
At 15, she left home to teach in a frontier town--riding 500 miles on her pony to get to her post.
Walls reimagines the life of her grandmother, Lily Casey, who by age six was helping her father break horses
