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Cargando... Horse Crazy: The Story of a Woman and a World in Love with an Animal (2020 original; edición 2020)por Sarah Maslin Nir (Autor)
Información de la obraHorse Crazy: The Story of a Woman and a World in Love with an Animal por Sarah Maslin Nir (2020)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. A novel way to tell a story, an eclectic mix of personal experience, interesting horse facts, and crazy, over the top love for these animals. It made for a good read. ( ) Ohhhh..... this book reached right into my chest and grabbed my heart....my 5 year old little girl heart, my 12 year old pre-teen heart and the junior- senior citizen heart that i now have! I'm the one who cut out pictures of this animal, to glue into a notebook. ( my bestie did the same for dogs !) No, i never owned a horse. In fact, I've ridden just once. Sneakers, bareback, and simply walking.... i was proud as hell when the owner told my father i was a natural! Did Sarah Nir write this memoir with me in mind? It seemed like it, but no. She wrote it for the millions of girls who grew up horse crazy tho. For all of us who read this book in gulps! Her worldwide travels and the horses and the people she came to know along the way are enviable. This author has the guts and intelligence i wish i had, mixed in with the self-doubt i do have. Maybe it accounts for why her writing is so relatable? So as i sit here looking around at my paintings of this magnificent animal, that decorate my living room, i must thank Sarah for sharing with the rest of us! I found some fascinating information in this book. It is interspersed with the author's story of her life. This is a common thing these days it seems. I haven't decided how I feel about it. I can see it is an interesting way to approach a topic, but I am often more interested in the subject itself and not so much in the author's life. Overall very interesting. I would recommend it. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
"In the bestselling tradition of works by such authors as Susan Orlean and Mary Roach, a New York Times reporter and Pulitzer Prize finalist explores why so many people-including herself-are obsessed with horses. It may surprise you to learn that there are over seven million horses in America-even more than when they were the only means of transportation-and nearly two million horse owners. Acclaimed journalist and avid equestrian Sarah Maslin Nir is one of them; she began riding horses when she was just two years old and hasn't stopped since. Horse Crazy is a fascinating, funny, and moving love letter to these graceful animals and the people who-like her-are obsessed with them. It is also a coming-of-age story of Nir growing up an outsider within the world's most elite inner circles, and finding her true north in horses. Nir takes us into the lesser-known corners of the riding world and profiles some of its most captivating figures. We meet Monty Roberts, the California trainer whose prowess earned him the nickname "the man who listens to horses"; George and Ann Blair, the African-American husband and wife who run a riding academy for inner city youth on a tiny island in the middle of Manhattan's East River; and Francesca Kelly, a wealthy London socialite whose love for an Indian nobleman shaped her life's mission: to rescue an endangered Indian breed of horse and bring them-illegally-to America. Woven into these compelling character studies, Nir shares her own moving personal narrative. She details her father's harrowing tale of surviving the Holocaust, and describes an enchanted but deeply lonely upbringing in Manhattan, where horses became her family. She found them even in the middle of the city, in a stable disguised in an old townhouse and in Central Park, when she chased down truants as an auxiliary mounted patrol officer. And she speaks candidly of how horses have helped her overcome heartbreak and loss. Infused with heart and wit, and with each chapter named after a horse Nir has loved, Horse Crazy is an unforgettable blend of beautifully written memoir and first-rate reporting"-- No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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