Jeannette Walls's memoir the glass castle was "Nothing short of spectacular" (entertainment weekly). Now, in Half Broke Horses, she brings us the story of her grandmother, told in a first-person voice that is authentic, ...Jeannette Walls's memoir the glass castle was "Nothing short of spectacular" (entertainment weekly). Now, in Half Broke Horses, she brings us the story of her grandmother, told in a first-person voice that is authentic, irresistible, and triumphant. "Those old cows knew trouble was coming before we did.