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Half Broke: A Memoir
Half Broke A Memoir
Author: Ginger Gaffney
At the start of this remarkable story of recovery, healing, and redemption, Ginger Gaffney answers a call to help retrain the troubled horses at an alternative prison ranch in New Mexico, a facility run entirely by the prisoners. The horses are scavenging through the dumpsters, kicking and running down the residents when they bring the trash out...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781324003076
ISBN-10: 1324003073
Publication Date: 2/4/2020
Pages: 272
Edition: 1
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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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I was drawn to the book because it is about a prison ranch in New Mexico, my home state. I got much more than just a book about horses. Ginger Gaffney puts her world out there to read about, she is very open and raw about her relationships with humans and animals. Some stories pull you, make you think and a couple stories cut short and leave you hanging but overall it is a great book.
The best quote, I feel truly says it best, is from the write up about the book. "As Gaffney peels away the layers of her own storyâ a solitary childhood, painful introversion, and a trans-formative connection with her first horse, a filly named Belleâ she, too, learns to trust people as much as she trusts horses. Half Broke is a resonant memoir with a spirited, memorable cast that describes the fascinating ways both horses and humans seek relationships to survive."


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