Half Broke Horses A True-Life Novel

Half Broke Horses is a 'true-life novel' based on the extraordinary life of Jeannette Walls's grandmother, Lily Casey Smith, a resourceful, no-nonsense woman who grew up in the American Southwest in the early 20th century. Starting at age six, Lily helped her father break horses. At fifteen, she rode five hundred miles alone on her pony to reach a frontier town where she taught in a one-room schoolhouse. Throughout her life, she learned to drive a car and fly a plane, and with her husband, she managed a vast ranch in Arizona. Lily survived hardships including tornadoes, droughts, floods, the Great Depression, and personal tragedies, all while raising her two children, one of whom is Walls's mother, Rosemary Smith Walls. The book is a testament to Lily Casey Smith's resilience, independence, and indomitable spirit.

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