I was excited about this book and sorely disappointed when I missed a chance to meet the author at our local Austin-area tack shop. When I finally read it I found myself really enjoying it and relating to her experiences - until Ms. Reardon likened herself to a social worker when she was communicating her self-perceptions of inadequacy and inexperience. :/I am a life-long equine lover, horse owner (a rescue) as well as a social worker. There is nothing inadequate about being a social worker - in fact you must possess a minimum of a Bachelor's degree in a human science though the vast majority of practicing social workers have Master's degrees or above.I have meant to write Ms. Reardon and tell her that I was hurt. The social work profession strives to work with disadvantaged populations - the underdogs if you will - which is the same group that her organization was aiming to assist. I know that she likely did this by mistake....but it took my ability to be objective about the rest of the story away. This is the story of Lynn Reardon, an ordinary gal with limited horse skills who loved horses so much she was willing to give up her career to start a rescue operation for ex-racehorses. Along the way she learns much about horses and the people who love horses, telling her adventures with grace, humility, and humor. This was a very enjoyable book - I loved reading about each of the horses' individual personalities and got a good laugh over some of the crazy people who populate the "horse world." I hope that Lynn has many more years ahead of her finding homes for horses. Makes me want to adopt one of her horses. *smile*
I really enjoyed reading about the horse characters. It brought me back to my long ago barn days.
—Jazz19
LOVE IT! I would love having a job like this! Amazing horses! Amazing woman!
—cauberungxanh90
This is a really great story- recommended to anyone interested in OTTBs :)
—MeeraSidhu
This was very good. I like reading about horses.
—stacy
Mom
—Phaedra
