{"product_id":"half-broke-horses-a-true-life-novel-9781416586289","title":"Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eJeannette Walls's \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Castle\u003c\/i\u003e was \"nothing short of spectacular\" (\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e). Now she brings us the story of her grandmother -- told in a voice so authentic and compelling that the book is destined to become an instant classic.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThose old cows knew trouble was coming before we did\u003c\/i\u003e.\" So begins the story of Lily Casey Smith, in Jeannette Walls's magnificent, true-life novel based on her no-nonsense, resourceful, hard working, 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, all 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, ran a vast ranch in Arizona. She raised two children, one of whom is Jeannette's memorable mother, Rosemary Smith Walls, unforgettably portrayed in \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Castle\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eHalf Broke Horses\u003c\/i\u003e is Laura Ingalls Wilder for adults, as riveting and dramatic as Isak Dinesen's \u003ci\u003eOut of Africa\u003c\/i\u003e or Beryl Markham's \u003ci\u003eWest with the Night\u003c\/i\u003e. It will transfix readers everywhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416586289\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 6.27w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2009 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2009 pg. 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2009 pg. 93\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2009 pg. 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/09\/2009 pg. 101\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/19\/2009 pg. 69\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/18\/2009 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/25\/2009 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNY Times Notable Bks of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/06\/2009 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/13\/2009 pg. 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e133777 \/ Half Broke Horses: A True Life Novel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.5 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 13\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jeannette Walls","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42917136007349,"sku":"9781416586289","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_bced5c3f-2479-4928-be50-b638fe4ba5b0.jpg?v=1687278381","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/half-broke-horses-a-true-life-novel-9781416586289","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}