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Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6 Format: Kindle Book Label: HarperCollins e-books Manufacturer: HarperCollins e-books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 400 Publication Date: November 06, 2007 Publisher: HarperCollins e-books Release Date: November 06, 2007 Studio: HarperCollins e-books Editorial Review: Product 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 teenaged 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. " Book Description: From the bestselling author of Water for Elephants: A devastating accident that ends both the career of an Olympic-contender equestrienne aand the life of her beloved horse sets off a chain of events that comes to a crisis point nearly twenty years later. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Whine and CheeseSkeleton of the plot: The opening scene is an eloquent and exciting description of AnneMarie Zimmer, a nineteen year old girl, and her magnificent striped horse Harry, about to win a prestigious equestrian event. Disaster results, and the story resumes almost two decades later. AnneMarie returns to her family's equestrian center, where her father is dying. There is no question that Sarah Gruen can write, and write entrancingly well. In the case of Riding Lessons, the question ... Read More Rating: - The power of a healing horseFor those of us familiar with horses we know they can be both a dangerous and healing animal, all rolled up in one package. This book shows us how the main character's life is wrapped in many horses and how she is both harmed (emotionally and physically) then heals from the horses around her later in her life. In a sense we have probably all been there with a horse. Rating:  - What a waste of time.Had to believe that the same person wrote Water for Elephants. This book was such a waste of time. Annemarie whined through out and acted like an idiot. None of the characters were likeable, not even Dan who put up with Annemarie's stupid behavior. Rating: - Stupidest book I ever readI will give this book one star only because of the effort it takes to write a novel. It was stupid from start to finish, and I did not like one thing about this book. Her characters are one dimensional, immature and vapid. I honestly cannot believe it was published. Save your money. Rating: - Riding Lessons Falls ShortI loved Water for the Elephants and I am an equestrian so I knew I would love this book. How I wish it were true! It is rare that I give up on a book mid way through; in fact in the last year or ten this is probably the first. This book features a heroine who not only doesn't garner sympathy but her whining is so insufferable you want to just want her to shut up. But it is not just a case of her being merely unlikeable, that could keep you going. She simply is not interesting, a far worse crime for ... Read More |
