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Simon & Schuster UK, October 2009
Trade Paperback, 288 pages
ISBN-10: 1847376754
ISBN-13: 9781847376756
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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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"Jeannette Walls . . . once again proves that the combination of gifted storyteller with great stories is both rare and intoxicating."
-- The Cleveland Plain Dealer
"[An] eloquent tribute to a pragmatic heroine . . . A powerhouse—fast-moving, fearless and impossible to forget."—Michelle Green, People
[Jeannette Walls is] the third generation of a line of indomitable women whose paths she has inscribed on the permanent record, enriching the common legend of our American past."—Liesl Schillinger, New York Times Book Review (cover review)
Culpepper Star Exponent, April 28, 2010
...Even in her earliest childhood memories, Jeannette Walls could read and write. “My parents gave me many great gifts,” she told the Star-Exponent, “but the love of learning was the greatest. Reading and writing saved me.” Celebrated ...
Culpepper Star Exponent, April 28, 2010
...Even in her earliest childhood memories, Jeannette Walls could read and write. “My parents gave me many great gifts,” she told the Star-Exponent, “but the love of learning was the greatest. Reading and writing saved me.” Celebrated ...
Christian Science Monitor, March 18, 2010
...Alan Bradley, Delacorte 10. The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver, Harper 11. The Surrendered, by Chang-Rae Lee, Riverhead 12. Half Broke Horses, by Jeannette Walls, Scribner 13. The Silent Sea, by Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul, Putnam 14. The ...
PublishersWeekly.com, February 24, 2010
...devastating critique of the myth of clean coal." Tonight, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson hosts Jeannette Walls, author of Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel (Scribner, 978-1416586289, $26; S&S Audio unabridged CD, $39.99). PW ...
On the Town, February 19, 2010
...Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls Time to read all about Jeannette Walls’s grandmother in Half Broke Horses—the second book from the author of The Glass Castle. The story of Lily ...
Christian Science Monitor, February 4, 2010
...Knopf 3. The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver, Harper 4. The Swan Thieves, by Elizabeth Kostova, Little Brown 5. Half Broke Horses, by Jeannette Walls, Scribner 6. Noah's Compass, by Anne Tyler, Knopf 7. Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel, Holt 8. The ...
Vancouver Sun, January 27, 2010
...source of joy for me.â It has also been a source of inspiration for her second book, Half Broke Horses, a novel based on the life of her maternal grandmother, Lily Casey Smith, who was born in 1901 in West Texas and died when Walls was ...
STLtoday.com, January 12, 2010
...St. Louis Post-Dispatch Digg Yahoo! Del.icio.us Facebook Reddit Drudge Google Fark Stumble It! Jeannette Walls WALLS FEVER: Some 550 fans of author Jeannette Walls braved the snow and cold on Friday night to hear the Jacqueline Kennedy ...
Kentucky.com, January 10, 2010
...Jeannette Walls said she wrote Half Broke Horses because readers of The Glass Castle wanted to learn more about her mother. Jeannette Walls has a theme that's easy to summarize ...
San Jose Mercury News, January 10, 2010
...Jeannette Walls has a theme that's easy to summarize: Stop whining. She's gentle about it, and she has more to say on the topic than that, of course. But ...
Huffington Post, January 8, 2010
...Jeannette Walls' new book seems to confirm that the gene for common sense skips generations in her family. Her mother, as millions of readers learned in "The Glass Castle," preferred ...
Bradenton Herald, January 7, 2010
...Jeannette Walls has a theme that's easy to summarize: Stop whining. She's gentle about it, and she has more to say on the topic than that, of course. But ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 7, 2010
...Jeannette Walls’ “Half Broke Horses” is a prequel to her memoir “The Glass Castle.” more photos John Taylor photo Jeannette Walls’ “Half Broke Horses” is a prequel to her memoir “The ...
West End Word, January 6, 2010
...Jeannette Walls surprised many in 2005 with the huge success of her memoir The Glass Castle. The book is a painfully honest account of her unusual childhood, a story of extreme ...
KansasCity.com, January 5, 2010
...Jeannette Walls has a theme thats easy to summarize: Stop whining. Shes gentle about it, and she has more to say on the topic than that, of course. But the author ...
AnnArbor.com, January 4, 2010
...I didn’t mean to read Jeannette Walls ’ second book, “ Half Broke Horses: A True Life Novel ,” all in one sitting. But riding next to pistol-packing, horse-breaking, poker-playing, moonshine-selling, airplane-flying Lily Casey Smith ...
TMC Net, January 2, 2010
...St., has new titles available in large print. Among them are 'The Perfect Christmas' by Debbie Macomber and 'Half Broke Horses' by Jeannette Walls. Programs being offered are: Frosty Readers will run through Jan. 19. Library staff ...
MSNBC Newsweek, December 31, 2009
...the act of memory itself, and the way the passage of time affects our interpretation of the past. Jeannette Walls, who had a huge success with her memoir, The Glass Castle, followed it with a recollection of her grandmother's life—Half ...
Salon, December 19, 2009
...reminded me of Barry Yourgrau before. I never thought they would. I’m still making my way through Jeannette Walls’ "Half Broke Horses," loving every sentence of it. I felt Texas from page one, and Texans, who I couldn’t wait to know ...
Buffalo News, December 19, 2009
...Smaller Save Print Email Get Alerts NEW Share this story: “Saint Nick—the patron saint of department stores!” writes Jeannette Walls in her new novel “Half Broke Horses.” I am trying to think back, but I believe there hasn’t been ...
St Louis Beacon, December 11, 2009
...30 p.m. Dec. 18. Lee Theater in the Touhill. Free. http://www.umsl.edu/~mfa or call 314-516-5590 Jeannette Walls will be at the St. Louis County Library Headquarters, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd., at 7 p.m., Jan. 8 to discuss and sign her book ...
Buffalo News, December 7, 2009
...There are Half Broke Horses of the human variety in Jeannette Walls new book of that nameWalls, her mother and her grandmother among them. All three are tough, intelligent, and often running on ...
The Independent, December 3, 2009
...In her bestselling 2005 memoir The Glass Castle, American journalist Jeannette Walls recalled a childhood that gave dysfunction a new name. As she was raised by an alcoholic father and an eccentric mother, there were times when Wall and her ...
Book Reporter, November 20, 2009
...Jeannette Walls, like her contemporaries Mary Gordon and Mary Karr, has lived a life of unfathomable pain and tragedy, yet has managed to use the hurt as inspiration for great literary ...
Times Online, November 20, 2009
...The American journalist Jeannette Walls had a big hit in 2005 with The Glass Castle, a stylish and refreshingly uncomplaining memoir of her dirt-poor childhood in the coalfields of West Virginia. Her neer-do-well alcoholic ...
Miami Herald, November 11, 2009
...Jeannette Walls has a message for us: As times get harder, as they all too often do, we should all get back in touch with our tough-old-broad (or tough-old-coot) roots. The ...
Erie Times-News, November 8, 2009
...Reading Jeannette Walls' new book, "Half Broke Horses" (Scribner, $26), billed as a "true-life novel, is a bit like sitting on the front porch with your grandma as she regales you with ...
Miami Herald, November 7, 2009
...are never the story. They look instead to the world at large, interviewing, researching and seeking objective truth. Jeannette Walls knows this approach well, having worked for 20 years as a journalist in New York City -- including a stint ...
Dallas Morning News, October 29, 2009
...NEW YORK Wherever Jeannette Walls traveled to promote her 2005 memoir The Glass Castle and with more than 2 million copies sold she made plenty of stops fans would inevitably ask about her mother ...
Cape Cod Online, October 25, 2009
...Meet jeannette walls 7 p.m., Wednesday at Sandwich High School, 365 Quaker Meetinghouse Road. "Half Broke Horses," by Jeannette Walls (Scribner, 272 pages. $26) Meet jeannette walls 7 p.m ...
Sandwich Broadsider, October 21, 2009
...No Talking,” will talk about his newest book, “Extra Credit,” on Friday Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. Jeannette Walls, author of the best-selling memoir “The Glass Castle,” will discuss her new novel “Half Broke Horses,” at 7 p.m., ...
STLtoday.com, October 20, 2009
...In her first book, 'The Glass Castle,' Jeannette Walls turned the appalling and chaotic events of her childhood into a sometimes inspiring, always absorbing memoir. In her new book, 'Half Broke Horses,' Walls recounts the life of her ...
Washington Post, October 17, 2009
...HALF BROKE HORSES A True-Life Novel By Jeannette Walls Scribner. 272 pp. $26 It's a rare family memoir that packs all the power of a Charles Dickens novel. The adults ...
Cleveland Live, October 11, 2009
...he was dragged by a horse for twenty-four miles." A century ago, not much intimidated Lily, either. Jeannette Walls bases her first novel, "Half Broke Horses," on the life of her grandmother, once again proving that the combination of gifted ...
Individual.com, October 6, 2009
...(McClatchy-Tribune Informa) Resolute Lily Casey Smith (1901-68) rules the unbridled West in "Half Broke Horses," a horse lover's novel by Jeannette Walls based on the true-life travels of her grandmother, a pioneering American. Publisher ...
Reader's Digest, September 12, 2009
...Hartlove Walls at home in Virginia with one of her animals. Just before The Glass Castle came out, Jeannette Walls remembers thinking, My story is terrifying. Nobody?s going to get it. But the public ?got? the mesmerizing tale of her ...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 2, 2009
...3. 'The Glass Castle' was the 2007 selection for Allegheny County's One Book, One Community. It's Jeannette Walls' account of her childhood living in homelessness. Her sequel is 'Half Broke Horses' (Scribner, $25), the tale of her ...
13WMAZ, June 1, 2009
...Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America (Oct. 19). ?Memoirs:Ted Kennedy's True Compass (Oct. 27), Jeannette Walls' Half Broke Horses (Oct. 6), Mary Karr's Lit (Nov. 3). ?Multimedia:Level 26: Dark Origins by CSI creator Anthony Zuiker ...
New York Times, May 31, 2009
...Russo. Bob Wietrak, a vice president for merchandising at Barnes & Noble, said he has high hopes for Jeannette Walls? hybrid memoir and novel, ?Half Broke Horses,? a telling of Ms. Walls? grandmother?s life story in the first person. ...
