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A debut novel based on the extraordinary life of Jeannette Walls' maternal grandmother - a sassy, straight-talking heroine for whom saving lives, taming wild horses and beating ranch hands at poker are all in a day's work. Born in 1901 in the rolling grassland of West Texas, at the age of 15, with very little formal education, Lily Casey Smith left home to begin teaching in a frontier town, riding 500 miles on her beloved pony, Patch, all alone, to get to her job. She went on, with her husband, to run an 180,000 acre ranch in Arizona and to raise two children, one of whom is Jeannette's memorable mother, Rosemary Smith Walls. Readers will love and marvel at this intrepid woman, for her fearlessness, her courage, her wicked sense of humour. A true adventurer!
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I read this book on the recommendation of a friend from Texas, and since I read it I have recommended it to many of my friends. It is a wonderful book, written as a record of an amazing life, the life of the authors maternal grandmother. I loved this book and would recommend that you read this first and then move on the her story based on the life of her mother.
I loved her grandmother's voice, and I read the book at a gallop, I could hardly bear to put it down.
Read "The Glass Castle " after you have read this book, I guarantee you that you will love them both. A great find and an author I look forward to reading again.
I loved her grandmother's voice, and I read the book at a gallop, I could hardly bear to put it down.
Read "The Glass Castle " after you have read this book, I guarantee you that you will love them both. A great find and an author I look forward to reading again.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Jeannette Walls does it again, sharing her family history beautifully; digging deep and not holding back. Half Broke Horses, a quick read with narrative that carries you along at a horses gallop through rough desert life, glamorous Chicago, one room classrooms. It's a first hand account of early America told blunt and to the point. One gets the feel that is how Lily Casey Smith would have wanted her life to be told, no frills, just darned good writing. This book makes you think of where you come from, of your ancestors and what runs in your own blood.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I came to this 'novel' after reading The Glass Castle by the same author. Whilst not quite as memorable as The Glass Castle, Half Broke Horses tells the fascinating life story of Walls Grandmother, Lilly Casey Smith, and leaves off almost where Glass Castle begins, if you have the opportunity read them both starting with this one.
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A moving account of an era and of a formidable woman.
This is a highly evocative account of a woman living in the Southwest States in the 1930s, describing the harsh conditions she encountered in her family life, and after breaking... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mrs. Susanna Beer
Half Broken Horses
Brilliant book! I enjoyed this book form beginning to end. It reads more of a story than a memoir, kept me interested all the way through. It was a shame it had to end. Read more
Published 6 months ago by hazel8
Half Broke Ireland
Brilliant read in these hard economic times. Forget life coach books, this is all you need. I wish I was half as tough as Lily Casey Smith.
Published 8 months ago by Jay
Lovely lazy read on a laxy afternoon!
The story transported me to a place I wish I knew personally! Magical and wll written, I loved it and hope to read more along a similar theme!
Published 8 months ago by meganwonderdog
Sassy
"Scarlett O'Hara (of Gone with the Wind) was my kind of gal. She was tough, she was sassy, she knew what she wanted, and she never let anything or anyone get in her way. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Joseph Haschka
I felt the heat and dust in this gripping read
I really loved this book. The author puts you right there on the ranch in the heat, in the mud and in the sunshine. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Ms. J. C. Caswell
Rollercoaster
This book reads like a rollercoaster. I could hardly put it down. I also read The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, which I also loved very much. Just read it!
Published 17 months ago by F., E., Van Rhijn
Earned its way into "my favourites"!
I already was a fan of Jeannette Walls after reading The Glass Castle: A Memoir and now that I finished Half Broke Horses I will absolutely keep myself informed on yet more that... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Mar
An amazing woman
Although Jeannette Walls describes this book as a novel, presumably because the family don't know all the intricate details of her grandmother's daily life, this is still a truly... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Book chatter
Half broke horses Jeanette Walls
Really interesting. She has written two books about herself, her mother and Grandmother detailing their lives in America in the last century. Compelling reading.
Published 21 months ago by Mrs. M. Ross
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