{"title":"Jeannette Walls Books","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrowse the books by Jeannette Walls we have in stock, second-hand, in paperback and library binding. Mostly fiction and literary fiction. Every book ships from our own UK warehouse. 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Half Broke Horses\u003c\/i\u003e has transfixed readers everywhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Those old cows knew trouble was coming before we did.” So begins the story of Lily Casey Smith, Jeannette Walls’s no-nonsense, resourceful, 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, alone, to get to her job. She learned to drive a car and fly a plane. And, with her husband, Jim, she ran a vast ranch in Arizona. She raised two children, one who is Jeannette’s memorable mother, Rosemary Smith Walls, unforgettably portrayed in \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Castle\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eLily 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. Rosemary Smith Walls always told Jeannette that she was like her grandmother, and in this true-life novel, Jeannette Walls channels that kindred spirit. \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. Destined to become a classic, it will transfix readers everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/jeannette-walls-books\"\u003eJeannette Walls\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Simon and Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781416586296\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Simon and Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £2.01","offer_id":47915789549745,"sku":"SB-1416586296-C3","price":2.01,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1416586296.jpg?v=1789690662"},{"product_id":"hang-the-moon","title":"Hang the Moon","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Jeannette Walls, the\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Castle\u003c\/i\u003e, a riveting new novel about an indomitable young woman in Prohibition-era Virginia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMost folk thought Sallie Kincaid was a nobody who'd amount to nothing. Sallie had other plans.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSallie Kincaid is the daughter of the biggest man in a small town, the charismatic Duke Kincaid. Born at the turn of the twentieth century into a life of comfort and privilege, Sallie remembers little about her mother, who died in a violent argument with the Duke. By the time she is just eight years old, the Duke has remarried and had a son, Eddie. While Sallie is the Duke's daughter, sharp-witted and resourceful, Eddie is his mother's son, timid and cerebral. When Sallie tries to teach young Eddie to be more like their father, her daredevil coaching leads to an accident, and Sallie is cast out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNine years later, she returns, determined to reclaim her place in the family. That's a lot more complicated than Sallie expected, and she enters a world of conflict and lawlessness. Sallie confronts the secrets and scandals that hide in the shadows of the Big House, navigates the factions in the family and town, and finally comes into her own as a bold, sometimes reckless bootlegger.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Jeannette Walls created my new favorite hero in her protagonist, Sallie Kincaid. Sallie is sharp, bold, unflinching, and humorous despite, or maybe because of, her hardships.' -- Jennette McCurdy, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eI'm Glad My Mom Died \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eHang the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e is Jeannette Walls's masterwork. Epic in scope, the novel is a thrill ride through Prohibition and change in the American South . . . The prose is so elegant and so close to the bone you feel Sallie's heartbeat. Glorious.'\u003c\/b\u003e ― \u003cb\u003eAdriana Trigiani, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Good Left Undone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Does what all good books should: it affirms our faith in the human spirit.' \u003c\/b\u003e― \u003cb\u003eDani Shapiro on \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Castle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Like J.D. 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Now discover how it all began for the Walls family...\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e'I never knew a girl to have such gumption,' [Mom would] say. 'But I'm not too sure that's a good thing.'\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Meet Lily Casey Smith: horse-trainer, airplane pilot, flapper, mother and teacher. Born in 1901 in the rolling grassland of West Texas, Lily grows up with a passion for horses and an indomitable spirit. At age 15 she leaves home, riding 500 miles across the American West on her beloved pony Patch, her pearl-handled six-shooter by her side. 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