false 795163 6 A breakout novel from the author of The Jump-Off Creek, the heartwarming story of a determined young woman with a gift for “gentling” wild horses. In the winter of 1917, when a young woman shows up at his doorstep looking for work breaking horses, George Bliss hires her on. Many of his regular hands are off fighting the war, and he glimpses, beneath her showy rodeo garb, a shy but feisty girl with a serious knowledge of horses. So begins the irresistible tale of nineteen-year-old Martha Lessen, a female horse whisperer trying to make a go of it in a man’s world. At the time, it was thought that the only way to break a horse was to “buck the wild out of him,” but when the ranchers in this remote county of Eastern Oregon witness Martha talking in sweet tones to horses believed beyond repair -- and getting miraculous results -- she earns a place of respect in the community. Along the way, she helps a family save their horses when their wagon slides into a ravine; she gentles a horse for a dying man -- a last gift to his young son; she clashes with a hired hand who is abusing horses in unspeakable ways; and gradually, she comes to feel enveloped by a sense of belonging and family she’s never had before. With the elegant sweetness of Plainsong and a pitch-perfect sense of western life reminiscent of Annie Dillard, The Hearts of Horses is a remarkable story about the connections between and among people and animals and how they touch one another in the most unexpected and profound ways. Fans of Kent Haruf and Leif Enger will fall adore this gentle, lovely novel and bookseller fans will be thrilled to handsell the first Molly Gloss hardcover to be published by Houghton. 3244488 6 11 2007 The Hearts of Horses total:500|5:121|4:218|3:126|2:29|1:6| 500 1919 789 192 4 2 false false Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 13:20:57 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 13:20:57 -0700 2009 The Jump-off Creek. She was a local hero for the simple reason that she wrote about our world, our hills, our familiar tamarack forests and sagebrush, our quiet people and the lives they lead. In a ...more...]]> 0 1 false false Mon Mar 24 13:12:41 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 14:05:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 2 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 21 11:29:29 -0800 2007 Thu Jan 03 09:51:52 -0800 2008 4 2 false false Sun Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 12 11:00:40 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 15 11:08:32 -0700 2007
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It is the winter of 1917, and the United States has finally aligned itself with the allies of World War I. Times are hard. Young men are being shipped overseas at an alarming rate. Ranchers and farmers are scrambling to find adequate help. They mus...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 14:41:33 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 14:42:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 10:56:51 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 13:33:48 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:53:32 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:53:32 -0800 2009 Molly Gloss's affecting fourth novel turns the Western genre on its head with a woman as the mysterious stranger appearing on horseback, but Gloss is known for her independent, self-sufficient heroines. The Hearts of Horses is perhaps the most sentimental of all her works. Though the plot is more a ...

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It's a think wisp of a story, but the story of Martha and her lonely ride away from home to find a place where she could break horses her way g...more...]]>