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Jeanette Walls–Heroine du jour

We went to a Rakestraw Books evening with Jeanette Walls last night, author of The Glass Castle (her memoir of growing up dirt–literally–dirt poor), and a new book–featured on the front page of the NYT Book Review on 10/17– Half Broke Horses. A “true-life novel” about her Grandmother, Lily who actually lived in a dirt dugout … Continue reading »