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Thursday Night Book Club

Thursday Night Book Club In-Person / Online

Join the Library's longest running book club on the 2nd Thursday of every month to discuss a new book! This month, we are reading Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls. Copies are available at the Downtown Information Desk.

"Those old cows knew trouble was coming before we did."

So begins the story of Lily Casey Smith, Jeannette Walls’ 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 town—riding 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 of whom is Jeannette’s 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 kinds—against women, Native Americans, and anyone else who didn’t 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 Dinesen’s Out of Africa or Beryl Markham’s West with the Night. Destined to become a classic, it will transfix readers everywhere.

We will meet in person in the Downtown Library Community Room and simultaneously on Zoom.

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Date:
Thursday, April 13, 2023 Show more dates
Time:
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Time Zone:
Arizona Time (change)
Location:
Downtown Library Community Room (Capacity 41)
Library:
Downtown Library
Online:
This is an online event.
Event URL:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86113105232
Audience:
  Adults     Seniors  
Categories:
  Book Discussions and Author Talks  
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