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Half Broke Horses : A True-Life Novel by Jeannette Walls, Jeanette walls is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Half Broke Horses : A True-Life Novel about?
From the author of The Glass Castle and Hang the Moon—“Walls vividly depicts her astonishing, resilient grandmother with a lightness of touch that is plainspoken yet heartfelt” (Chicago Tribune). Half Broke Horses has transfixed readers everywhere.“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 and fly a plane. And, with her husband, Jim, she ran a vast ranch in Arizona. She raised two children, one who 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 tha
Who reads Half Broke Horses : A True-Life Novel?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Jeannette Walls, Jeanette walls
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781416586289
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, Memoir
- Rating
- 4.05 / 5 (3,265 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14