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The Pink Stallion
Kitty runs away from a disastrous love affair at university, and goes to work in Devon. She meets Jack, and through him gains a new understanding of life.
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First published May 1, 1988
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Lucy Pinney
4 books2 followersLucy Pinney wrote an extremely popular column for The Times, called Country Life, for over four years. With style and wit, Lucy chronicled life in the Devoncountryside - from diversifying wives and errant husbands, to lambing seasons and pet foxes - as well as life inside her own, less than perfect, farmhouse kitchen. Now a full-time author, Lucy has previously published two novels. She lives in Devon with her new partner Ian and three children Nat, Sam and Kathy.
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April 9, 2014
I bet you thought that this is a horse novel, but really, it is not. It's more or less the 1987s version of a New Adult novel that has incidentally horses in it because it's set on a farm. You're probably not convinced yet. After all, there's a horse on the cover and it has 'stallion' in the title (well, one could read it metaphorically, but we really, really don't want to go there).
Still, it has all the NA clichés: Kitty is a university student and she is damaged goods (she started an affair with her professor, fell in love with him, and ran away because it did not work out). Her new love interest is dark and mysterious and hasn't the best opinion on women (well, actually no male character in this book has. All these annoying stereotypes!). Furthermore, there's a family mystery and ... a sex scene! Ok, it's one of the fade-to-black things but it's in there. That alone proves that it's not a horse novel. There are no sex scenes in horse novels. Like, never ever!
So why do I love it so much? Well, because it's unusual, at least it was when I first read it and NA wasn't even invented yet. Still, what I love most about it is Kitty's everyday life as the housekeeper and the house itself. I'm a sucker for thorough house descriptions. I just really want to know how everything looks like, I want to be able to picture it in every possible detail, I want to be able to walk through the rooms in my mind. There's just something fascinating about houses, especially when they are old or unusual. They tell the stories of their inhabitants. Kitty has to deal with a lot - the house is pretty rundown and dirty and the guests are nagging non-stop. Yet, somehow, she manages to prove herself and comes into her own. And then there's the brilliant ending. It's both down-to-earth and incredibly cheesy. It's perfect.
Still, it has all the NA clichés: Kitty is a university student and she is damaged goods (she started an affair with her professor, fell in love with him, and ran away because it did not work out). Her new love interest is dark and mysterious and hasn't the best opinion on women (well, actually no male character in this book has. All these annoying stereotypes!). Furthermore, there's a family mystery and ... a sex scene! Ok, it's one of the fade-to-black things but it's in there. That alone proves that it's not a horse novel. There are no sex scenes in horse novels. Like, never ever!
So why do I love it so much? Well, because it's unusual, at least it was when I first read it and NA wasn't even invented yet. Still, what I love most about it is Kitty's everyday life as the housekeeper and the house itself. I'm a sucker for thorough house descriptions. I just really want to know how everything looks like, I want to be able to picture it in every possible detail, I want to be able to walk through the rooms in my mind. There's just something fascinating about houses, especially when they are old or unusual. They tell the stories of their inhabitants. Kitty has to deal with a lot - the house is pretty rundown and dirty and the guests are nagging non-stop. Yet, somehow, she manages to prove herself and comes into her own. And then there's the brilliant ending. It's both down-to-earth and incredibly cheesy. It's perfect.
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