Half Broke: A Memoir by Ginger Gaffney

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Winner of a 2020 Border Regional Library Association Southwest Book Award

“Truly transcendent.” ―Jessica Lustig, New York Times Book Review

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.