{"id":804687,"date":"2020-02-27T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=379668"},"modified":"2020-02-27T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T21:30:00","slug":"author-ginger-gaffney-to-read-sign-debut-memoir-half-broke-at-next-page-books-and-nosh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/author-ginger-gaffney-to-read-sign-debut-memoir-half-broke-at-next-page-books-and-nosh\/","title":{"rendered":"Author Ginger Gaffney to read, sign debut memoir \u2018Half Broke\u2019 at Next Page Books and Nosh"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"p402_hide\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/Brf-Gaffney-SDN-022820-1.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-379670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/Brf-Gaffney-SDN-022820-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/Brf-Gaffney-SDN-022820-1-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><figcaption><strong>\u201cHalf Broke\u201d is the debut memoir from Ginger Gaffney. Most of the novel takes place in 2013 and 2014, when Gaffney is working on an alternative prison ranch in New Mexico.<\/strong><br \/><em>Courtesy Ginger Gaffney<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>FIRSCO \u2014 Ginger Gaffney, author of the memoir \u201cHalf Broke,\u201d will visit Next Page Books and Nosh in Frisco next week to read and sign her debut novel. A top-ranked horse trainer living in Valarde, New Mexico, Gaffney received an Master of Fine Arts from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, and her work has been published in&nbsp;Tin Houseand&nbsp;Utne Reader.<\/p>\n<p>Most of&nbsp;\u201cHalf Broke\u201d&nbsp;takes place in 2013 and 2014, when Gaffney is working with the residents of DS Ranch, an alternative prison ranch in New Mexico. The memoir also moves backward in time to Gaffney\u2019s childhood and to memories of her first horse, a filly named Belle.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gaffney reveals her struggles with introversion and describes how Belle saved her spirit when she was in her early 30s. Her experiences as a shy child, a lesbian and a horse trainer seem to have prepared her for her work at DS Ranch. There, she helps the horses, which in turn help the prisoners.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The free event is from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 5, at Next Page Books and Nosh, 409 E. Main St., Frisco.<\/p>\n<div class=\"p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/Brf-Gaffney-SDN-022820-2.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-379671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/Brf-Gaffney-SDN-022820-2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/Brf-Gaffney-SDN-022820-2-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"><figcaption><strong>Ginger Gaffney is a top-ranked horse trainer living in Valarde, New Mexico. She received an Master of Fine Arts from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Gaffney will be in Frisco to read and sign her memoir \u201cHalf Broke.\u201d<\/strong><br \/><em>Courtesy Ginger Gaffney<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/author-ginger-gaffney-to-read-sign-debut-memoir-half-broke-at-next-page-books-nosh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHalf Broke\u201d is the debut memoir from Ginger Gaffney. Most of the novel takes place in 2013 and 2014, when Gaffney is working on an alternative prison ranch in New Mexico.Courtesy Ginger Gaffney FIRSCO \u2014 Ginger Gaffney, author of the memoir \u201cHalf Broke,\u201d will visit Next Page Books and Nosh in Frisco next week to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-804687","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-20 09:56:43","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804687\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}