Chosen by a Horse

Chosen by a Horse
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How a Broken Horse Fixed a Broken Heart

مشارکت: عنوان و توضیح کوتاه هر کتاب را ترجمه کنید این ترجمه بعد از تایید با نام شما در سایت نمایش داده خواهد شد.
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فرمت کتاب

audiobook

تاریخ انتشار

2007

Reading Level

7-12

نویسنده

Lorna Raver

شابک

9781481551335
  • اطلاعات
  • نقد و بررسی
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نقد و بررسی

AudioFile Magazine
There's a certain presence in a horsewoman, besides being passionate about horses. There's a rough edge, a capability, lots of color. Lorna Raver captures all these as she delivers Susan Richards's personal story. Raver reads at a good clip as she recounts the author's life--Richards's childhood and wild college years. Later parts of the book recount her recovery from alcoholism and an abusive marriage as well as her discovery of the joys of riding and writing. Raver carefully paces the sad illness and death of Richards's gentle rescue horse, Lay Me Down, an event that brings much understanding about her own life and early losses. Throughout Richards's story, Raver delivers authentic humor and emotions. S.W. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine

Publisher's Weekly

February 6, 2006
The horse was Lay Me Down, a tall, scrawny, sick (with pneumonia), abused standardbred mare, with a hostile foal at her heels and a wheezing sigh. The human was middle-aged, also abused (both as a child and in a bad marriage), an AA veteran and the owner of three Morgan horses in upstate New York. The Morgan mare, Georgia, was furious about the new intruder, although, Richards writes, "I blamed myself for creating a monster, a monster named Georgia. All these years of spoiling her, of never allowing anyone else to ride her, of letting her boss me around...." Richards's first book is an engaging, honest and low-key memoir of her love affair with the sweet-natured Lay Me Down and her almost love affair with a fellow named Hank, with many digressions into horse lore as well as life lore. Charming and sensitive descriptions of fiery Georgia; the gallant, lovable old gelding, Hotshot; loyal friend and "horsewoman extraordinaire" Allie; and daily life with animals intersperse with the trials of dating and buying underwear. The end of neither affair is happy, but this is a bracing and likable book, highly recommended for backyard horsewomen and their admirers.




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