Half Broke Horses 半驯之马

　　"Those old cows knew trouble was coming before we did." Sobegins the story of Lily Casey Smith, Jeannette Walls'sno-nonsense, resource- ful, and spectacularly compellinggrandmother. By age six, Lily was helping her father break horses.At fifteen, she left home to teach in a frontier town--riding fivehundred miles on her pony, alone, to get to her job. She learned todrive a car and fly a plane. And, with her husband, Jim, she ran avast ranch in Arizona. She raised two chil dren, one of whom isJeannette's memorable mother, Rosemary SmithWalls, unforgettablyportrayed in The Glass Castle.　　Lily survived tornadoes, droughts, floods, the GreatDepression,and the most heartbreakingpersonal tragedy. In this true-life vel,Jeannette Walls channels the life of an incredible woman.Destined to be a classic. Half Broke Horses will transfix readerseverywhere.