Saddled : How a Spirited Horse Reined Me in and Set Me Free

English

ISBN: 0547376294

EAN: 9780547376295

Category: Biography & Autobiography / Women/Nature / Horses/Nature / Animals/

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers

Release Date: 12/17/2010

Synopsis: One day, at the age of thirty-one, Susan Richards realized that she was an alcoholic. She wrote it down in her journal, struck by the fact that it had taken nine years of waking up hung-over to name her illness. What had changed? Susan had a new horse, a spirited Morgan named Georgia, the kind of horse who doesnt go in for indecision, who doesnt apologize for her opinions, and who isnt afraid to be herself. In Georgia, Susan finds something to draw her back to herself, but also something to keep her steady and focused, to teach her about stepping carefully in unknown territory, to help her learn again about balance. This is a memoir about the power of animals to carry us through the toughest times of our livesabout the importance of constancy, the beauty of quiet, steadfast love, the way loving a good (and sometimes bad!) animal can keep you going. Its a wonderful story for Susans (and Georgias) fans, and for anyone who has ever loved an animal enough to keep on living.

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Saddled : How a Spirited Horse Reined Me in and Set Me Free

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.63 inches

Width: 5.31 inches

Length: 8.0 inches

Weight: 8.5 oz

Pages: 256