{"product_id":"books-half-broke-horses-by-jeannette-walls","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":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53480385741073,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781416586296.jpg?v=1777546888","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-half-broke-horses-by-jeannette-walls","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}