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A carregar... Chosen by a Horse (original 2006; edição 2007)por Susan Richards
Informação Sobre a ObraChosen by a Horse: How a Broken Horse Fixed a Broken Heart por Susan Richards (2006)
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. I didn't expect this book to be so enjoyable and brutally honest. This is not just another feel good horse book. This is a book about life and how we can be awakened to a deeper meaning through unexpected people, events or animals such as Lay Me Down, the horse. What an unhappy life Susan Richards had and the mare Lay Me Down helped her to come to an understanding of her past. A very good book! Susan Richards has survived an abusive childhood and a bad marriage, and now, in her forties, is living on a small farm with her three horses, working as a social worker, and determinedly protecting her independence. Having given up alcohol, casual sex, and in fact men altogether, she may be lonely, but at least she’s safe. Then she gets a call from the local SPCA, which has taken in more than forty horses from an abuse case. Their barn was already full; they need foster homes immediately. Against her better judgment, Richards agrees to take one of the horses. She gets a Standardbred named Lay Me Down, a 16-year-old broodmare who is terribly thin and who has pneumonia. With Susan’s care, Lay Me Down gets back to a healthy weight, recovers from her pneumonia, and gets successfully integrated into her existing herd of one Morgan mare and two quarter horse geldings. And then she discovers that Lay Me Down has an eye tumor. In the position it’s in, it can’t even be biopsied safely, but it’s almost certainly cancerous. Susan Richards, whose heart broke at age five when her mother died a lingering death from cancer, and who has steadfastly avoided any emotional commitments that would lead to loss, finds herself committed to a beautiful, sweet-natured horse who has had a life as hard as her own, and who is going to die. Susan struggles with Lay Me Down’s illness, her own conflicted feelings, and her first stumbling efforts to rejoin the human race. This truly is a deeply moving story about a horse, a broken heart, and the beginnings of healing. Highly recommended. I borrowed this book from a friend. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
The horse Susan Richards chose for rescue wouldnt be corralled into her waiting trailer. Instead Lay Me Down, a former racehorse with a foal close on her heels, walked right up that ramp and into Susans life. This gentle creaturemalnourished, plagued by pneumonia and an eye infectionhad endured a rough road, but somehow her heart was still open and generous. It seemed fated that she would come into Susans paddock and teach her how to embrace the joys of life despite the dangers of living. An elegant and often heartbreaking tale filled with animal characters as complicated and lively as their human counterparts, this is an inspiring story of courage and hope and the ways in which all loveeven an animalshas the power to heal. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Susan describes each of her four horses’ personalities very well. You will feel like you really get to know and love Lay Me Down, but because of a brain tumor that was growing behind one of her eyes, she had to be put to sleep. On her last day, Lay Me Down was found lying alone on the ground, taking in the last of the early morning spring sun instead of eating with the others as usual. Susan knew the day had come. Even the other horses knew there was something wrong; they had gathered together and were feeding away from her off in the distance. Susan grabbed her camera to capture a lasting memory of Lay Me Down, then walks you through the excruciating pain of putting her beloved horse down. Tissues are mandatory! I love that she included this photo of Lay Me Down at the end of each chapter. ( )