

Buy Simon & Schuster Half Broke Horses by Walls, Jeannette online on desertcart.ae at best prices. ✓ Fast and free shipping ✓ free returns ✓ cash on delivery available on eligible purchase. Review: This book brings to life the extraordinary Lily Casey, born in 1901. Witten as a novel, the story is told through Lily Casey`s voice, giving shape to her character. An independent and resilient woman, her amazing real-life adventures provide a view into the era that eclipse any history book. The novel begins with the inspiring episode of an 11 year-old Lily using her wits during a flash flood at her childhood home in West Texas, saving herself and her young brother and sister. She began a teaching career at the age of 15, riding her horse Patches on a lone journey 500 miles through New Mexico and Arizona to her first post in a one-room schoolhouse, where she taught during the day and slept on the floor at night. Continuing through to her later years, this is a rich story, amazing, sometimes heartbreaking, and altogether a wonderful read. Review: Für die Schule und dennoch interessant und spannend.
| Best Sellers Rank | #138,439 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #4,723 in Contemporary Literature & Fiction #8,376 in Literary Fiction #13,979 in Genre Fiction |
| Customer reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (2,207) |
| Dimensions | 13.2 x 1.9 x 19.8 cm |
| Edition | Later Printing |
| ISBN-10 | 9781847398314 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1847398314 |
| Item weight | 1.05 Kilograms |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 288 pages |
| Publication date | 5 August 2010 |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster UK |
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This book brings to life the extraordinary Lily Casey, born in 1901. Witten as a novel, the story is told through Lily Casey`s voice, giving shape to her character. An independent and resilient woman, her amazing real-life adventures provide a view into the era that eclipse any history book. The novel begins with the inspiring episode of an 11 year-old Lily using her wits during a flash flood at her childhood home in West Texas, saving herself and her young brother and sister. She began a teaching career at the age of 15, riding her horse Patches on a lone journey 500 miles through New Mexico and Arizona to her first post in a one-room schoolhouse, where she taught during the day and slept on the floor at night. Continuing through to her later years, this is a rich story, amazing, sometimes heartbreaking, and altogether a wonderful read.
S**9
Für die Schule und dennoch interessant und spannend.
S**A
Al igual que los otros dos libros de la autora, este tampoco me ha defraudado. Merece la pena, lectura fácil
H**O
Jeannette Wallsの自叙伝であるベストセラーになった"The Glass Castle"に登場する母 "Rosemary" のお母さん,つまりJeannetteのお婆さんにまつわるお話です。読み始めるとあれっと思われるかもしれませんが,この話を語っているのは著者の言葉でなくお婆さんのLilyが一人称で語る形式になっています。時代は古き良き時代のアメリカを背景にLilyは1901年に (日本は明治34年)牧場を営む父母の間に生まれます。 物語は,lily 10歳,弟のBuster9歳・妹のCasey7歳 (表紙の3人です。)が牧草地で大きな鉄砲水が押し寄せてくる場面から始まります。大洪水の中,なんとかポプラの樹にしがみつき3人は一夜を過ごす。出鼻からドキドキ,ハラハラさせられる展開になりますが,実はこのドキドキ場面は最初から最後まで続きます。 友人の死,妹の問題,失業,離婚の経験(相手は2重結婚をしていた。さらに後に,生活費の為に売ろうとしたダイヤのエンゲージリンクはフェイク物)など次々に襲いかかる逆境にもめげず,Lilyは自分の信じた道を突き進みます。 我が道を突き進むところはどうやら少女時代からのようで,15歳になった彼女は教師になる夢を求めて愛馬のPatches(パッチ)とともに約500mile西の地Red Lake (Arizona)へ向かいます。 804kmもの距離を馬で単身で15歳の少女が旅をする所は結構感動ものです。 彼女はその後Jimとの間に2児をもうけます。(長女のRosemaryとlittle Jim。) 長女のRosemaryが著者であるJannetteを生むところあたりでお話は終わります。大胆不敵なLily, そしてそれに負けない程頑なRosemary。の性格は著者へもどうやら受け継がれているとか。。。 読んでいて少しメモをしたくなる様な名言???もちらほらと。 少し気に入った一部を紹介します。 First thing a horse needs to learn is to be a horse," he liked to say. "Life's too short, honey," I said, "to worry what other people think of you." "Everything in life has a purpose and unless it achieves its purpose, it's just taking up space on the planet and wasting everybody's time." この物語はほぼ事実に忠実なのですが,多少手を加えているとのことで,正確には"True-Life Novel"とういう肩書きになっているようです。
A**R
A very interesting story of a very interesting and at times, harsh life. Well written and easy to read. It is mainly the story of the struggle of one woman to overcome adversity. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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