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Search - Riding Lessons (Annamarie Zimmer, Bk 1)
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Book Description:
A stunning new voice in American fiction, Sara Gruen makes a masterful debut with a novel of family, tragedy, rebirth... and the breathtaking love of something wild.
As a world-class equestrienne 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, her beloved and distinctively marked horse.
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 teen-aged 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 red and white striped gelding startlingly similar to the one Annemarie lost in another lifetime. And an obsession is born that could shatter her fragile world.
As a world-class equestrienne 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, her beloved and distinctively marked horse.
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 teen-aged 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 red and 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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4 member(s) found this review helpful.
An earlier book by the author of Water for Elephants. This is a much more simple book, but I enjoyed it as I love horses, and show jumping in particular. So any horse lovers out there will particlarly enjoy this.
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is a charming and well-written story. It's predictable, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. The book follows a woman, her parents, her daughter and her parents' riding center. It tells a complex and heart-warming story.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
If you liked any part of the book The Horse Whisperer, then you will definitely like this book. It is based on a similar scenario but the building of suspense, combined with the internal twists and turns within the book, keep you turning each page and you don't want to put the book down. Definitely a weekend read when you have time to read the whole book! I was quite impressed and will be looking for other Sara Gruen books now!
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Very good book. Very touching and heartbreaking at the same time. Read this book in one day because I had to find out how it ended.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I was pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed this book!
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Great read. A story about a women who has to come back to the home she ran away from. Where her father is sick, her daughter is upset and her horse farm is about to go under. But then she sees another red and white horse and she can't believe it.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I loved this book. If you love horses you can get into this story.
Julie M. from SALINAS, CA wrote on 3/25/2007...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
loved the book.
Julie N. from ROYERSFORD, PA wrote on 3/4/2007...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Fantastic! I read it over one weekend!
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1 member(s) found this review helpful.
A stunning story of family, tragedy, rebirth and the breathtaking love of something wild.
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This is the first book I've read by this author, and it was really good. Well written, and an enjoyable story.
Melody C. (I enjoyed this book. Parts of it dragged a bit and at times I wanted to shake some sense into Annemarie.Overall though I wanted to know how it all would turn out- maybe a bit too neatly wrapped up. I agree with other reviewers a pleasant weekend read :)
As a world-class equestrienne Annemarie Zimmer lived for the thrill of flight atop a strong graceful animal. Than at 18 a tragic accident destroys her riding career and beloved horse Harry. Now 20 years later, she is returning home with her troubled teenage daughter to her dying father's horsefarm, where ghosts of an resolved youth still haunt the fields and stables, and where hope lives in the eyes of the handsome gentle veterinarian she loved as a girl... and in the seductive allure of a trainer with a magic touch.
this is an excellent book though it makes you feel like you save something you have lost or someone though the ending is excellent and well written from the beginning. I love horses and felt the same emotions of the main character.
alana.
Maggie C. (A good read from this author. It is definitely true to life (as demonstrated by the teenage daughter). I am not a "horsey" person, but I do love animals. I think that's all you need to enjoy this book.
Some parts rather frustrated me, in that I wanted to make the main character do something/stop doing something and of course I couldn't!
Just an okay book. Annemarie, the main character, is hard to like, thoughtlessly irritating in her unwillingness to grow up or do any introspection whatsoever. Her mother and daughter are both unsympathetic as well. The book really did not come together for me until the last chapter or two. Mostly I just wanted to reach into the pages and shake some of these people.
a novel of family tradgedy rebirth and the breathtaking love of something wild.
Horselovers will like this book. I couldnt put it down. After a tragic accident a dream is over for and olympic contender and her horse.A move to manage her parents riding stables bring many experiences and a happy surprise .