{"product_id":"half-broke-horses-book-jeannette-walls-9781439195710","title":"Half Broke Horses","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.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51312512991505,"sku":"GOR013044732","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51312514007313,"sku":"GOR007272611","price":10.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51312515350801,"sku":"CIN3125788625G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53148144632081,"sku":"GOR008259910","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1439195714.jpg?v=1751209434","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-ie\/products\/half-broke-horses-book-jeannette-walls-9781439195710","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}