Half Broke Horses : A True-Life Novel (CD-Audio)

from krobbie67

I loved this book. After having read "The Glass Castle," by this author, I was thrilled to delve into the history of how someone's life becomes what it does. What made her parents who they were? I suppose because I ponder the same question of my own. The book won't be what you expect. It won't ma...

from msf59

What a wonderful life! Lily Casey grew up in the Southwest during the early 1900s. She was raised on various hard-scrabble homesteads and being a fast learner, she quickly grasped ranching, breaking horses and basic farming. Her natural smarts and love of books, led her to a teaching career, whic...

from tututhefirst

The jacket cover says this is "Laura Ingalls Wilder for adults." That was all it took to grab me. Jeanette Walls had a very colorful grandmother. She tells her grandma's story using the format of a memoir in grandma's voice, but admits that she has written it as fiction. The enchanting tale of Li...

from brenzi

I remember reading Jeannette Walls memoir, The Glass Castle, teary-eyed at the life she and her siblings led at the hands of her alcoholic father and totally useless mother, fending for themselves because the parents who could provide for them chose not to. Walls new book, Half-Broke Horses, desc...

from brenzi

I remember reading Jeannette Walls memoir, The Glass Castle, teary-eyed at the life she and her siblings led at the hands of her alcoholic father and totally useless mother, fending for themselves because the parents who could provide for them chose not to. Walls new book, Half-Broke Horses, desc...