Half Broke - A Memoir

This riveting memoir follows professional horse trainer Ginger Gaffney's year-long odyssey to train a herd of neglected horses at an alternative prison ranch in New Mexico. Working with her is a small team of ranch "residents," men and women who are each uniquely broken by addiction and incarceration. Gaffney forms a bond with them as profound as the kinship and trust the residents discover among the troubled horses. Through these unforgettable characters-both animal and human-Half Broke tells a new kind of recovery story and speaks to the life-affirming joy of finding a sense of belonging.

About the author

Ginger Gaffney is a top-ranked horse trainer. She received an MFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, and her work has been published in Tin House and Utne Reader. She lives in Velarde, New Mexico.

Product details

• Authors: Ginger Gaffney
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.03.2021
• EAN: 9780393541540
• ISBN: 978-0-393-54154-0
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 211 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 225 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, Autobiography: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Memoirs, Coping with drug & alcohol abuse, SELF-HELP / Substance Abuse & Addictions / Drugs, SELF-HELP / Substance Abuse & Addictions / Alcohol, PETS / Horses, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Horses & ponies, Horses and ponies: general interest, Coping with / advice about drug and alcohol problems, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs