Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls - Wonderful wonderful wonderful. I couldn't put this book down. It's a compilation of stories about the author's grandmother who was born at the turn of the century, and lived an incredible life. She was born in Texas, and her father taught her how to break horses, and gave her wisdom beyond her years, so that armed with an 8th grade education, she rode her horse to a small town in northern Arizona at the age of 15 to be a teacher in a one room schoolhouse. She always knew how to make a dollar, and then how to stretch a dollar, she was a tomboy and an adventurer, a pursuer of knowledge, and she was clever and always had a goal in front of her. It's wild to think that her daughter Rosemary was the mom in Glass Castle. This timeless story is a true reader's read. Monday, May 2, 2011
HALF BROKE HORSES
Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls - Wonderful wonderful wonderful. I couldn't put this book down. It's a compilation of stories about the author's grandmother who was born at the turn of the century, and lived an incredible life. She was born in Texas, and her father taught her how to break horses, and gave her wisdom beyond her years, so that armed with an 8th grade education, she rode her horse to a small town in northern Arizona at the age of 15 to be a teacher in a one room schoolhouse. She always knew how to make a dollar, and then how to stretch a dollar, she was a tomboy and an adventurer, a pursuer of knowledge, and she was clever and always had a goal in front of her. It's wild to think that her daughter Rosemary was the mom in Glass Castle. This timeless story is a true reader's read. 
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