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Fast and easy read. Not as good as GLASS CASTLE, but good.
Book told the life of a woman who was TOUGH as nails
and lived the frontier life. I admired her.
I could never be her... wish I could.
"Those old cows knew trouble was coming before we did."
So begins the story of Lily Casey Smith, in Jeannette Walls's
magnificent, true-life novel based on her no-nonsense,
resourceful, and hard working, grandmother. By age six,
Lily was helping her father break horses. At fifteen,
she left home to teach in a fron ...more
Book told the life of a woman who was TOUGH as nails
and lived the frontier life. I admired her.
I could never be her... wish I could.
"Those old cows knew trouble was coming before we did."
So begins the story of Lily Casey Smith, in Jeannette Walls's
magnificent, true-life novel based on her no-nonsense,
resourceful, and hard working, grandmother. By age six,
Lily was helping her father break horses. At fifteen,
she left home to teach in a fron ...more
Quite a life ! I enjoyed hearing (listened in the car) about growing up in the west and life in Arizona as the author of "The Glass Castle" recounts the life and adventures of her grandmother.
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So much better than The Glass Castle.
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