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Jeannette Walls's memoir The Glass Castle was "nothing short of spectacular" ( Entertainment Weekly ). Now, in Half Broke Horses , she brings us the story of her grandmother, told in a first-person voice that is authentic, irresistible, and triumphant. "Those old cows knew trouble was coming before we did." So begins the story of Lily Casey Smith, Jeannette Walls's no nons...
Jeannette Walls's memoir The Glass Castle was "nothing short of spectacular" ( Entertainment Weekly ). Now, in Half Broke Horses , she brings us the story of her grandmother, told in a first-person voice that is authentic, irresistible, and triumphant. "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 compelling grandmother. By age six, Lily was helping her father break horses. At fifteen, she left home to teach in a frontier town -- riding five hundred miles on her pony, alone, to get to her job. She learned to drive a car ("I loved cars even more than I loved horses. They didn't need to be fed if they weren't working, and they didn't leave big piles of manure all over the place") and fly a plane. And, with her husband Jim, she ran a vast ranch in Arizona. She raised two children, one of whom is Jeannette's memorable mother, Rosemary Smith Walls, unforgettably portrayed in The Glass Castle . Lily survived tornadoes, droughts, floods, the Great Depression, and the most heartbreaking personal tragedy. She bristled at prejudice of all kinds -- against women, Native Americans, and anyone else who didn't fit the mold. Rosemary Smith Walls always told Jeannette that she was like her grandmother, and in this true-life novel, Jeannette Walls channels that kindred spirit. Half Broke Horses is Laura Ingalls Wilder for adults, as riveting and dramatic as Isak Dinesen's Out of Africa or Beryl Markham's West with the Night . Destined to become a classic, it will transfix audiences everywhere.
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珍妮特·沃尔斯 作者
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珍妮特•沃尔斯(Jeannette Walls),美国著名记者,撰有《闲聊:流言世界的内幕》、《闲聊:流言如何变成新闻,新闻怎样成为另一场秀》等书。二○○五年出版回忆录《玻璃城堡》,首次公开自己鲜为人知、与众不同的家庭背景和成长经历,从而蜚声文坛。派拉蒙公司买下了此书的电影版权,因《饥饿游戏》在好莱坞大火特火的女星詹妮弗-劳伦斯将担纲主演,和李安合作《少年Pi的奇幻漂流》的制片人吉尔-奈特担当电影制片人。 目前此书已经销售出三十二国版权。二○○九年珍妮特•沃尔斯再度推出新作《半驯之马》(Half Broke Horses),被《纽约时报》评为二○○九年十大好书。这两部作品至今依然高踞各大畅销书排行榜。就在今年7月份,《纽约时报》非虚构类畅销书周榜上,《玻璃城堡》仍名列第7位,距其出版时间已经8年了。
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并非田园如歌的牧场生活
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随手借的书,看了一点放在家里,不料被爸爸拿去,看到三更半夜不睡觉。第二天早上,带着看多了书,分不清书本与现实的恍忽感,微笑着向我提起书里的细节。我顿时对这本书高看三分,我能借到一本爸爸爱看的书真是太不容易了。一直以来,我和爸爸的书,即使混在同一个书柜里也能... (展开)

让灵魂飞奔在那荒蛮的寂寞高地

有被驯后学到的技能,也有未驯的野性与自由。
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也许是因为自己生活过于平淡安适,看到莉莉这样的人物就会觉得羡慕,因为她活得精彩绝伦。智慧、不断的学习与极强的行动力让她有真正的自由。 从小时候在牧场上生活,驯马,到长大辗转各处做教师,做女佣,被骗婚,卖私酒,开修车厂,学会开飞机,经营牧场建水坝,她的人生经历... (展开)
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