Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls

Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel

This is the story of the author's grandmother, although not all of it is true, so therefore it becomes a fiction book. The author pieced together what she knew of her grandmother, and then invented the rest. Still, it's an amazing story in the midwest and Arizona nearly 100 years ago. 

Lily, the heroine of the story, leaves home at 15, travels alone for days and takes up residence as a teacher in a frontier town. She works and goes to school in Chicago, and she runs ranches through floods tornadoes and much more. 

Jeannette Walls' first book, The Glass Castle, was her own life story, and after she wrote that, she wrote this story of her grandmother. You should read both starting with this one, although personally I preferred The Glass Castle.

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