“Proof that love for another animal can alone make one human and humane: wit and crushing sadness chasing each other all across the pa≥ intelligence and bravery and perfect literary pitch. . . Damn great. ”—Melissa Holbrook Pierson, author ofDark Horses and Black Beauties: Animals; Women, a Passion “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 ofHorses and the Mystical Path; Horse Sense and the Human Heart “A triumph for all spirits. ”—Laura Shaine Cunningham, author ofA Place in the Country “Should rank with the great animal stories. ”—Ann Arensberg, author ofIncubus "Two kindred spirits find each other in this beautifully written memoir about the human-animal bond. "—Temple Grandin, author ofAnimals in Translation When 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. 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. From the Hardcover edition.
