Back of the book: "As a world-class equestrian and Olympic contender, Annemarie Zimmer lived for the thrill of flight atop a strong, graceful animal. Then, at eighteen, a tragic accident destroyed her riding career and Harry, the beautiful horse she cherished. Now, twenty years later, Annemarie is coming home..."
Sara Gruen (Water for Elephants) proves to be a very good story-teller in this, her first book. It was difficult to put the book down but I forced myself to take 2 days to read it. I felt like I was watching a train wreck as the main character does a downward spiral throughout most of the book. Gruen kept me wanting to find out what happened next. I'm not a horse person but loved reading about horses. I'll be reading the sequel (Flying Changes) in the not too distant future.
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Well this is good to know! I've had her older books on my TBR list since Water for Elephants, but didn't know anything about them. Eventually I hope to read this. :)
Joy, I found myself getting upset with the characters and thinking "No, don't do that!" or "Don't forget you need to do ...". LOL, I was micromanaging fictional characters!!! I like the way Gruen tells a story. But, sometimes her characters make me crazy. I still want to read the next book. I think I rated this 4 stars on Good Reads - mainly because I didn't want to put it down. It's a study in mother/daughter dynamics, to be sure (mainly, stubborn mother/selfish daughter).
Well, that's weird. I responded back to your comment. It must be floating in cyberspace. ???
I said something like this:
Well at least you were engaged!
I read Water for Elephants in one day when I was out of work with an injury and didn't realize she had another one out. I'll be sure to add it to my infamous TBR list!
Joy, 'engaged' is one way to describe it!
Karen, and then Riding Lessons has a sequel titled: Flying Changes.
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