Chosen by a Horse: A Memoir

by SusanRichards (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2006

  $7.91

• Used

  Paperback
  2007

  $3.16

  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.

• New

  Paperback
  2008

  $11.89

  When she agrees to take on one of the abused horses just rescued by the local SPCA, a new chapter opens in Susan Richards's difficult life. She lost her mother at the age of five and was raised by uncaring relatives; she married unhappily and divorced; and she'd been an alcoholic. Now, at the age of forty-three, she lives with three horses who keep her company: the diva-like Georgia, boyish Tempo and hopelessly romantic Hotshot. While trying to capture another horse assigned to her, Lay Me Down, a skeletal mare, walks into Susan's horse trailer of her own volition. When Susan agrees to take her, she begins to forge 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.