Half Broke Horses
by Jeannette Walls
Taste attributes: biographydocumentaryhistoricalwesternfresh & originalrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalcoming of ageempowerment/personal growth
Boxlist takeA realistic biography, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Open Library rating
4.1 / 5
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About This Book
It is 1970 in a small town in California. "Bean" Holladay is twelve and her sister, Liz, is fifteen when their artistic mother, Charlotte, takes off to find herself, leaving her girls enough money to last a month or two.
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- Author
- Jeannette Walls
- Published
- 2009
- Pages
- 272
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- Open Library
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