{"product_id":"9781569474860","title":"Chosen by a Horse","description":"“Proof that love for another animal can alone make one human and humane: wit and crushing sadness chasing each other all across the page; intelligence and bravery and perfect literary pitch... Damn great.”—Melissa Holbrook Pierson, author of \u003ci\u003eDark Horses and Black Beauties: Animals; Women, a Passion\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A bold and sensitive memoir of what it means to open one’s heart to love... A magnificent read.”—Adele von Rust McCormick, Ph.D and Marlena Deborah McCormick, PhD, authors of \u003ci\u003eHorses and the Mystical Path; Horse Sense and the Human Heart\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A triumph for all spirits.”—Laura Shaine Cunningham, author of \u003ci\u003eA Place in the Country\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Should rank with the great animal stories.”—Ann Arensberg, author of \u003ci\u003eIncubus\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Two kindred spirits find each other in this beautifully written memoir about the human-animal bond.\"—Temple Grandin, author of \u003ci\u003eAnimals in Translation\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen she agrees to take on the care of 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; married unhappily and divorced; and suffered from alcoholism. While Susan is trying to capture the horse assigned to her, Lay Me Down, a skeletal mare, walks into Susan’s horse trailer of her own volition. Susan already owns one mare and two geldings—the diva-like Georgia, boyish Tempo and hopelessly romantic Hotshot—but it is with Lay Me Down that she forges a special, healing relationship that alters her life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoignant and evocative, this is a book for anyone who has ever loved a horse, and for everyone who has ever lost a loved one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Soho Press, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128850661616,"sku":"9781569474860","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781569474860_p0.jpg?v=1763793084","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781569474860","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}