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Reading Room:  Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls  |
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
 Posted - Apr 29 2011 : 08:37:51 AM
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Have any farmgirls read this?
I've been ravenously reading this for a few days--rhe book even calls to me, sitting in my passenger seat when I'm at a stoplight (I do refrain!). Set in the 1920's through post WWII Arizona and New Mexico, this story is about a girl, then young woman, then wife and mother, Lily Casey, who is tough as nails, independent and amazingly soulful. For those of you working large parcels of land with animals and very few folks nearby, this might be your journal.
My review isn't very succinct, but I'm still in the midst. Here is what the NYT said about it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/books/review/Schillinger-t.html
Musings from our family in the Bluegrass http://sweetvioletmae.blogspot.com/ |
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9093 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
9093 Posts |
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Apr 29 2011 : 11:38:36 AM
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Have you read the other one, Nancy? Something about castles? My co-worker told me I absolutely have to get that one immediately after finishing this one.
Musings from our family in the Bluegrass http://sweetvioletmae.blogspot.com/ |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Apr 29 2011 : 11:12:25 PM
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That was a good one for sure. I read it a couple months ago. I haven't read the other one yet...maybe soon.
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Apr 30 2011 : 09:42:07 AM
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I loved both those books. The Glass Castle is the name of the other one, which I read first but I wished I had done it the other way around. The writing is amazing in both - I had the same reaction Jonni - couldn't put them down!!
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
4928 Posts
USA
4928 Posts |
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SylviaE
True Blue Farmgirl
350 Posts
Sylvia
Wichita
KS
USA
350 Posts |
Posted - May 03 2011 : 4:24:48 PM
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I agree that both of these books are awesome-amazing writing! I wish there were more like them.
Sylvia E
Farmgirl Sister #2871 |
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patchworkpeace
True Blue Farmgirl
478 Posts
Judy
Jackson
Michigan
USA
478 Posts |
Posted - May 19 2011 : 05:42:15 AM
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Isn't it great? I have The Glass Castle but have to keep putting it side so I can read my reading group books. Its driving me crazy because I want to read it so much!
Success is measured not by the position one reaches but by the obstacles one has to overcome to reach it. Booker T. Washington |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - May 19 2011 : 6:46:19 PM
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Read it through my book club. Hm......a good read, and a good peek into a life that takes courage.
Judy, I have also found it inhibiting to try and keep to my book club choice reading. It takes away from my freedom of reading!!!
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
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patchworkpeace
True Blue Farmgirl
478 Posts
Judy
Jackson
Michigan
USA
478 Posts |
Posted - May 20 2011 : 07:41:26 AM
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I know what you mean, JP. I realized trying to read 7 books (no joke) at the same time doesn't work too well!!
Success is measured not by the position one reaches but by the obstacles one has to overcome to reach it. Booker T. Washington |
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kathleenshoop
True Blue Farmgirl
102 Posts
kathleen
oakmont
pa
USA
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Posted - May 25 2011 : 11:08:58 AM
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OOh, sounds like a great read. I read Walls' first book. Did you read Glass Castles? If so, is this one as good?
Kathie
Author, The Last Letter, The novel for every daughter who thinks she knows her mother's story... |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - May 25 2011 : 9:29:56 PM
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Just finished Glass Castles yesterday...it WAS good. Sure makes me feel bad for ever feeling like my own life had some hard times. Not compared to her. Wow.
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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BalancingAct
True Blue Farmgirl
297 Posts
Jackie
Hoosierville
USA
297 Posts |
Posted - May 25 2011 : 11:43:13 PM
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Ooooh! Gonna hafta read it. Sounds enticing!
Farmgirl Sister #2851 -"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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walkinwalkoutcattle
True Blue Farmgirl
1675 Posts
Megan
Paint Lick
KY
USA
1675 Posts |
Posted - May 26 2011 : 07:30:17 AM
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I loved Glass Castles. I'll have to check this book out. :)
Farmgirl #2879 :)
Starbucks and sushi to green fried tomatoes and corn pudding-I wouldn't change it for the world.
www.cattleandcupcakes.blogspot.com
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - May 26 2011 : 07:35:04 AM
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Glass Castles is next on my list after finishing up "Pug Hill" a cute little romance about an art restorer in NYC. For Mother's Day, I gave my mil a copy of Half Broke Horses and a fancy bar of chocolate for an "afternoon off" and she said she'd LOVED Glass Castles! She apparently read it because Oprah told her to  , and wanted to always get this book, but never got around to it.
I just love it--and I'm buying a copy of Glass Castles this weekend. The stories remind me so much of my poor Daddy's childhood--though from the voice of women, he lived during this time and had 2 very difficult parents who eventually abandoned him. The pain and the strength that comes from the pain, the no nonsense, take no prisoners attitude reminds me so much of him.
Musings from our family in the Bluegrass http://sweetvioletmae.blogspot.com/ |
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