Bibliograph

Half broke, a memoir, Ginger Gaffney

Type

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Half broke, a memoir, Ginger Gaffney

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Half broke

Responsibility statement

Ginger Gaffney

Sub title

a memoir

Summary

"An alternative prison ranch in New Mexico conducts a daring experiment: setting the troubled residents out to retrain an aggressive herd of horses. The horses and prisoners both arrive at the ranch broken in one way or many- the horses often abandoned and suspicious, the residents, some battling drug and alcohol addiction, emotionally, physically, and financially shattered. Ginger Gaffney's job is to retrain the untrainable. With time, the horses and residents form a profound bond, and teach each other patience, control, and trust. As Gaffney peels away the layers of her own story- a solitary childhood, painful introversion, and a transformative connection with her first horse, a filly named Belle- she, too, learns to trust people as much as she trusts horses

Table Of Contents

Emotional camouflage -- Stray dogs -- Moon & star -- Skinless -- Learning to walk -- Strength -- Green acres -- Centaur -- She's not ready -- Crooked line -- Cut me out -- Walmart -- Hundreds more -- Olivia -- Hidden language -- Broken -- Rootbeer -- Follow me -- To the river -- Just a few -- Waves -- Belle -- Soft creatures

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