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Author:

Gaffney, Ginger, author.

Title:

Half broke : a memoir / Ginger Gaffney.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

W.W. Norton & Company,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

247 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Gaffney, Ginger.
Horse trainers--United States--Biography.
Horses--Training--New Mexico.
Horses--Therapeutic use--New Mexico.
Criminals--Rehabilitation--New Mexico.
Human-animal relationships.
Autobiographies.

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.

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. Half Broke is a resonant memoir with a spirited, memorable cast that describes the fascinating ways both horses and humans seek relationships to survive"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1324003073
9781324003076

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1102471486

LCCN:

2019030052

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