内容摘要 《半途而废的马》是劳拉·英格尔斯·怀尔德(Laura Ingalls Wilder)为成人准备的,与《非洲的伊萨克·迪内森斯》(Isak Dinesens)和《黑夜》(the Night)一样引人入胜、富有戏剧性。这本书注定会成为一部经典之作,它将震惊世界各地的读者。 那些老牛比我们更早知道麻烦要来了。莉莉·凯西·史密斯和珍妮特·沃斯的故事就这样开始了。她是一位严肃、足智多识、引人注目的祖母。 六岁的时候,莉莉就开始帮父亲驯马了。十五岁时,她离家到一个边疆小镇教书,独自骑着她的小马跑了500英里去上班。她学会了开车和开飞机。 她和丈夫吉姆在亚利桑那州经营着一个巨大的牧场。她养育了两个孩子,其中一个是珍妮特令人难忘的母亲罗斯玛丽·史密斯·沃尔斯,她在《玻璃城堡》中的形象令人难忘。莉莉从龙卷风、干旱、洪水、大萧条和最令人心碎的个人悲剧中幸存了下来。她对各种针对妇女、印第安人和其他不符合标准的人的偏见感到愤怒。 罗斯玛丽·史密斯·沃尔斯总是对珍妮特说,她就像她的祖母一样,在这部真实的小说中,珍妮特·沃尔斯发掘了这种志趣相映的精神。《半途而废的马》是劳拉·英格尔斯·怀尔德(Laura Ingalls Wilder)为成人准备的,与《非洲的伊萨克·迪内森斯》(Isak Dinesens)和《黑夜》(the Night)一样引人入胜、富有戏剧性。这本书注定会成为一部经典之作,它将震惊世界各地的读者。 Half Broke Horses is Laura Ingalls Wilder for adults, as riveting and dramatic as Isak Dinesens Out of Africa or Beryl Markhams West with the Night. Destined to become a classic, it will transfix readers everywhere. Those old cows knew trouble was coming before we did. So begins the story of Lily Casey Smith, Jeannette Wallss no-nonsense, resourceful, and spectacularly compelling grandmother. By age six, Lily was helping her father break horses. At fifteen, she left home to teach in a frontier townriding five hundred miles on her pony, alone, to get to her job. She learned to drive a car and fly a plane. And, with her husband, Jim, she ran a vast ranch in Arizona. She raised two children, one who is Jeannettes memorable mother, Rosemary Smith Walls, unforgettably portrayed in The Glass Castle. Lily survived tornadoes, droughts, floods, the Great Depression, and the most heartbreaking personal tragedy. She bristled at prejudice of all kindsagainst women, Native Americans, and anyone else who didnt fit the mold. Rosemary Smith Walls always told Jeannette that she was like her grandmother, and in this true-life novel, Jeannette Walls channels that kindred spirit. Half Broke Horses is Laura Ingalls Wilder for adults, as riveting and dramatic as Isak Dinesens Out of Africa or Beryl Markhams West with the Night. Destined to become a classic, it will transfix readers everywhere.
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