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Half broke horses summary and study guide supersummary. In half broke horses, lilys father decides to bring her home from school so that he can use her tuition money to breed dogs. Destined to become a classic, it will transfix readers everywhere half broke horses. Jeannette walls graduated from barnard college and was a journalist in new york. She says with deep satisfaction, my mom gave me these stories without reservations. Jeannette walls has said that she tried writing this book in the third person but that it didnt work for her. The book is told in the first person from the perspective of lily as she grows up in the harsh desert southwest.
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