First published 2009
Jeannette Walls' grandmother Lily Casey Smith was one tough cookie. At six, she broke wild horses. At fifteen, she struck out on her own to teach in a frontier town. As a wife and mother, she ran a vast Arizona ranch, weathering tornadoes, droughts, and the Great Depression. Through it all, Lily remained an indomitable spirit, a woman who refused to let life's hardships break her.
Genres: family-life, historical-fiction, 20th-century, american, biographical-fiction
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: coming-of-age, resilience
Setting: Arizona, Texas
272 pages · Paperback