Chosen by a Horse | 
| Author: Susan Richards
Publisher: Harvest Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  116 reviews
Sales Rank: 2453
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 0156031175
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.10019
EAN: 9780156031172
ASIN: 0156031175
Publication Date: June 4, 2007
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Product Description
The horse Susan Richards chose for rescue wouldn’t 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 Susan’s life. This gentle creature—malnourished, plagued by pneumonia and an eye infection—had endured a rough road, but somehow her heart was still open and generous. It seemed fated that she would come into Susan’s 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 love—even an animal’s—has the power to heal.
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 Heart-warming June 23, 2008
A fast & easy read. A touching and heart-warming story. It is pleasing to to know that when others don't care about the welfare of animals that there are others who do. This is such a story. As an owner of several adopted animals, they have given me so much more than what I give them.
 Honest Book June 17, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Well written book about a horse and it's new owner. Both have issues and learn to overcome them. If you like horses, you'll enjoy this book.
 Terrible writing, it's not even about a relationship with her horse. June 6, 2008
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I picked up this book, excited it was about my passion: horses. We agreed to read it during our office book club (we are a global publisher's office, so we've gone through our share of literature). The day of the meeting everyone was silent. I think they were afraid of offending me, since I love horses. I spoke up first. "I hated it. It was boring, had nothing to do with her relationship with her horse (if she even had a relationship at all). All she did was whine about her life." Everyone sighed, and started pouring out their thoughts. They agreed with me. They thought it was terrible writing, the characters were in no way engaging, and was there even a relationship with the horse?
This has to be the least engaging book I've ever read. The author doesn't heal at the end, like she claims to have. There is no evidence of it, and there is no evidence that the horse even helped her heal. I really felt like yelling at the author throughout the book, "get over yourself!" And while I feel very sorry for the hardships she's been through in her life, the whole book was one big whining-fest.
Please, do not waste your money. There are many more valuable literature out there that are actually about the bonds between a woman and her horse, but this is not one of them. The author digs herself deeper into a hole that started in the beginning of her life, and tells the story in writing at a 7th grade level. Who did she know at the publisher's office to become an author?
Loved it!!! May 27, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great book. Well writen and easy to read. Didn't want to put it down. If you love and care for and about horses.....you'll LOVE this book. Give it a try!!
Chosen by a Horse May 26, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a horse lover/owner and a bereavement facilitator I bought this book as a perfect combination for myself, and to excerpt for my group, after friends in England sent me an excerpt of it from their local paper. Emailed the British company to purchase it and was surprised to discover it was published here and written by someone living upstate, not far from where my sister had a home (I'm a New Yorker myself) and found it at Amazon!
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