{"product_id":"half-broke-horses","title":"Half Broke Horses","description":"\u003cp\u003eReaders fell in love with Jeannette Walls' unforgettable family in \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Castle\u003c\/i\u003e. 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. Her goal: a teaching post in a frontier-town school. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Lily will handle everything life throws at her - flash-floods, tornadoes, the Great Depression, a swindling husband, love and heartbreak - with courage, determination and a smile as wide as the Texas skies.\u003cbr\u003e *~*~*\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'With \u003cb\u003econvincing, unprettified narration\u003c\/b\u003e, Walls weaves her own ancestor into this collective rough-and-tumble heritage... [Walls is] the third generation of a line of \u003cb\u003eindomitable women\u003c\/b\u003e whose paths she has inscribed on the permanent record, enriching the common legend of our American past' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'A commendable chronicle of \u003cb\u003ean admirably tough woman\u003c\/b\u003e on America's western frontier' \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Has \u003cb\u003eimmense power and readibility\u003c\/b\u003e... What it does with aplomb is to track the birth of a nation: the conjuring of modern America from a scorched, dusty wasteland' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\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 2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pocket Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781847398314\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Pocket Books","offers":[{"title":"Very Good — £1.33","offer_id":47917825491121,"sku":"SB-1847398316-C2","price":1.33,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1847398316.jpg?v=1789616794","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/half-broke-horses","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}