Thorndike Famous Authors: Riding Lessons (Hardcover)

from ATechwreck

As marriage, job and family fall apart, Annemarie Zimmer returns home to her New Hampshire horse farm. There she must confront the riding accident that nearly caused her death and the memories of her parents' ambitions for her. Her discovery of an familiar horse forces her problems to the forefro...

from sbsolter

Rather disappointingly, I didn't enjoy Riding Lessons nearly as much as the first book I read by Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants. Riding Lessons is about a woman who suffered a terrible riding accident in her late teens, cutting off her Olympic ambitions. 20 years later, jobless, getting divorced...

from cottongirl7

I bought this book after reading Water for elephants and loving it. This book was more of a beach read which is fine. It was pretty perdictable and will leave you on a happy note as most beach reads do. I'm on a big horse person, but it kept my intrest and was a pretty stress free read. It's nice...

from simplywriting

As soon as I was finished reading this book, I decidedly appointed it my favorite book of all time.Sara has an amazing writing voice, and the book was an absolute page turner. I had the worst time putting it down. I'm a huge advocate of Ms. Gruen's books and I highly recommend this one, Water for...

from z-bunch

I loved this book, and now I've already ordered the sequel and am eagerly waiting for it to arrive. I wish I could find more books like this one- with well-developed characters that aren't either impossibly perfect or just-imperfect-enough-to-be-quirky-or-haunted, with enough plot to keep you int...