Chosen by a Horse: A Memoir

Chosen by a Horse: A Memoir

â€œProof that love for another animal can alone make one human and humane: wit and crushing sadness chasing each other all across the page; intelligence and bravery and perfect literary pitch... Damn great.â€â€”Melissa Holbrook Pierson, author of Dark Horses and Black Beauties: Animals; Women, a Passion

â€œA bold and sensitive memoir of what it means to open oneâ€™s heart to love... A magnificent read.â€â€”Adele von Rust McCormick, Ph.D and Marlena Deborah McCormick, PhD, authors of Horses and the Mystical Path; Horse Sense and the Human Heart

â€œA triumph for all spirits.â€â€”Laura Shaine Cunningham, author of A Place in the Country

â€œShould rank with the great animal stories.â€â€”Ann Arensberg, author of Incubus

"Two kindred spirits find each other in this beautifully written memoir about the human-animal bond."â€”Temple Grandin, author of Animals in Translation

When she agrees to take on the care of one of the abused horses just rescued by the local SPCA, a new chapter opens in Susan Richardsâ€™s difficult life. She lost her mother at the age of five and was raised by uncaring relatives; married unhappily and divorced; and suffered from alcoholism. While Susan is trying to capture the horse assigned to her, Lay Me Down, a skeletal mare, walks into Susanâ€™s horse trailer of her own volition. Susan already owns one mare and two geldingsâ€”the diva-like Georgia, boyish Tempo and hopelessly romantic Hotshotâ€”but it is with Lay Me Down that she forges a special, healing relationship that alters her life.

Poignant and evocative, this is a book for anyone who has ever loved a horse, and for everyone who has ever lost a loved one.
Country USA
Manufacturer Soho Press
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2006-06-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781569474198

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Soho Press
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2006-06-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781569474198

Chosen by a Horse: A Memoir

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