Riding Lessons

Riding Lessons #1

by Sara Gruen

As a world-class equestrian 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, the beautiful horse she cherished. 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 teenage 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 white striped gelding startlingly similar to the one Annemarie lost in another lifetime. And an obsession is born that could shatter her fragile world.

Genres: Fiction, Horses, Romance, Animals, Chick Lit, Contemporary, Adult

387 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Sara Gruen is the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of five novels: AT THE WATER'S EDGE, APE HOUSE, WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, RIDING LESSONS, and FLYING CHANGES. Her works have been translated into forty-three languages, and have sold more than ten million copies worldwide. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS was adapted into a major motion picture in 2011 starring Reese Witherspoon, Rob Pattinson, and Christoph Waltz, and then into a smash Broadway musical, currently running at the Imperial Theatre, written by Rick Elice and PigPen Theatre Co. and directed by Jessica Stone.

She lives in Western North Carolina with her husband and three sons, along with their dogs, cats, horses, birds, and the world’s fussiest goat.

Reviews

[Adriana S.]

Como a Eva é chataaaaaaaa!!! Nossa, que adolescente insuportável! O livro é só drama e mais drama. NO MESMO DIA: a Anne descobre que o marido vai sair de casa, o pai está com ELA, a filha corre o risco de ser expulsa da escola, ela perde o emprego... que exagero! Daí ela volta a ficar com os pais e a se reaproximar dos cavalos. Encontra o irmão do cavalo em que ela montava e sua vida tem um novo propósito. Pontos falhos: 1) A filha insuportável e insubordinada DO NADA vira uma excelente pessoa, sem um puxão de orelha sério da mãe ou uma conversa civilizada. 2) O cavalo que era indomável passa a ser um pônei só porque ela lhe dá maçãs, ele fica manso com todos. 3) A mãe ajuda no suicídio do pai e não tem um desfecho: será presa ou não. 4) DO NADA ela consegue administrar o haras da família. Aprendeu em um passe de mágica. Lembrando ela ajudou a colocá-lo na ruína com sua péssima administração. Um dia ela acorda mais decidida e voilá ela tem a expertise. Ah, para! Espero que os outros livros dessa autora sejam melhores. Oremos!