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Every now and then an author will come along and tell my story. Riding lessons is my story in so many ways. I could really relate to Annemarie an... (show more)
Riding Lessons: A Novel
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 to her dying father's New Hampshire horse farm. Jobless and abandoned, she is bringing her troubled teenage daughter to this place of pain and memory, where ghosts of an unresolved youth still hau... (show more)
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 to her dying father's New Hampshire horse farm. Jobless and abandoned, she is bringing her troubled teenage daughter to this place of pain and memory, where ghosts of an unresolved youth still haunt the fields and stables—and where hope lives in the eyes of the handsome, gentle veterinarian Annemarie loved as a girl . . . and in the seductive allure of a trainer with a magic touch.
But everything will change yet again with one glimpse of a white striped gelding startlingly similar to the one Annemarie lost in another lifetime. And an obsession is born that could shatter her fragile world.
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Predictable. Gruen does a great job of charactorizing one to the most self centered women ever. no self awareness presents itself.
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Predictable. Gruen does a great job of charactorizing one to the most self centered women ever. no self awareness presents itself.
A character who destroys everything she touches and continues though out life that way. (show less)
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Once things start to go wrong for Anne Marie, they pile up: her husband leaves her for another woman, her daughter gets kicked out of school, she loses her job, and she learns that her father is dying. She blames everyone else for their roles in the disasters, and fails to take any responsibility. She becomes paralyzed by inaction and depression. As a result, she almost loses her mother's stables, her teenage daughter, and a prospective boyfriend. When she finally accepts her role in each... (show more)
Once things start to go wrong for Anne Marie, they pile up: her husband leaves her for another woman, her daughter gets kicked out of school, she loses her job, and she learns that her father is dying. She blames everyone else for their roles in the disasters, and fails to take any responsibility. She becomes paralyzed by inaction and depression. As a result, she almost loses her mother's stables, her teenage daughter, and a prospective boyfriend. When she finally accepts her role in each of above disasters, she is able to make a new life for herselft. A story of redemption. Wonderful. (show less)
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I bought this because I read Water For Elephants and really enjoyed the magical setting of the circus in the 1930's and 40's. Unfortunately, while the story is somewhat entertaining, Sara Gruen fails to capture that same element of magic in this novel.
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