Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel

From the author of The Glass Castle and Hang the Moon-“Walls vividly depicts her astonishing, resilient grandmother with a lightness of touch that is plainspoken yet heartfelt” (Chicago Tribune). This unforgettable true-life novel tells the story of an indomitable woman whose remarkable life unfolded across the American West.

“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 compellin...