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Post by neal on Jan 3, 2006 17:21:17 GMT 1
Just read 'Dark Horses & Black Beauties' by Melissa Holbrook Pierson.
It is a great book and certainly a tear jerker. I read the author considered that it was 'not tremendously popular in the horse world'
I think that is very sad. Has anyone else read the book?
If not it is worth reading. I would like to hear any comments. Thanks.
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ren
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Post by ren on Jan 3, 2006 17:23:32 GMT 1
i read it a few years ago and i remember reading it in disbelief at how accurate it descibes how precious horses are and how the love for horses just springs out of now where.
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Lydia00
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Post by Lydia00 on Jan 3, 2006 17:52:19 GMT 1
is it a big book? tell us a bit more about what its about, sounds like it would be good!
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Post by Francis Burton on Jan 3, 2006 18:52:14 GMT 1
Not a big book really, and very readable. Although it's about the way that women relate to horses emotionally and spiritually, I found that some of it applied to me too. Not sure what that means exactly apart from the fact that horses can also be deeply significant for guys.
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Post by neal on Jan 3, 2006 19:01:16 GMT 1
Like I say the author feels like it has not been very highly thought of in the Horse World. I would like to prove her wrong. It is merely ahead of its time.
It is well worth reading. Apart from the bit about pit ponies that made burst out crying. It has a great quote from Monty too. An interviewer asks Monty how a Horse could see our fingers as claws and how could they make the mistake of seeing us as a predator. And Monty replies with some frustration: 'They make no mistake'
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Anna*
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Post by Anna* on Jan 3, 2006 20:01:29 GMT 1
I love that book! I thought that I was the only person who'd bought it!!
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Post by gordo on Jan 3, 2006 20:57:53 GMT 1
Couldn't get into it at all, may nip down library and try again as it has the most beautiful front cover!
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varkie
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Post by varkie on Jan 3, 2006 22:09:22 GMT 1
Hmm, I have the book, and there were definitely bits of it I enjoyed, but wasn't exactly overwhelmed by it.
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susan in greece
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Post by susan in greece on Jan 4, 2006 9:03:07 GMT 1
my favourite book from last year...really touched me. puts in words beautifully many of my feelings. i like the qhote somewhere about the effect horses have on the emotions..'they knock me flat'.
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Post by Catrin on Jan 4, 2006 18:46:42 GMT 1
Looks like it's one I'll have to get.
At the moment I'm reading Horses and the Mystical Path: the Celtic Way of Expanding the Human Soul by Adele, Marlena and Thomas McCormick. I bought it because I thought Neal would think I should. It is a fascinating blend of horses and people the authors have known and their part in expanding their souls.
I've read half of it since this morning and need more tissues before I can continue!
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Post by neal on Jan 4, 2006 19:03:02 GMT 1
Oh! You, you read my mind again.
I am just starting Yo Meow Ma, which looks promising but I am also reading, The Tao of Horses by Elizabeth McCall; Dancing with Your Dark Horses by Chris Irwin; and Toxic Parents by Susan Forward Ph.D
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Cathy248
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Post by Cathy248 on Jan 4, 2006 22:22:20 GMT 1
*goes off to find a copy somewhere*
I love a good horsey book - will have to read this one and see...
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percypony
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Post by percypony on Jan 5, 2006 8:32:50 GMT 1
Oh I am so glad you have said that as I have this book and it is on my list iof books to be read abut haven't got round to it yet. Now for finding some time to start down this list!!!
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