The Mare (Hardcover) by Mary Gaitskill

from pomo58

In The Mare Mary Gaitskill attempts something that is common while also making it something uncommon: a story about a troubled youth who finds herself through an animal (the common part) that also highlights socio-economic and racial issues (the less common aspect). For the most part she succeeds...

from Beamis12

Quite a few years back there was a show on Sunday evenings called Family Classics, I remember being a young girl and watching one show about a girl who fell in love with a wild horse she named Snowfire. This began an obsession with horses that lasted many years. That is what first drew me to this...

from Carolesrandomlife

I didn't really know much about this story before I decided to give it a try. I think I really wanted to get lost in a story that was focused on a horse. I did end up getting completely pulled into this story but I quickly found out that this story really isn't about a horse. Sure, there is a hor...

from LisCarey

Velveteen Vargas is eleven years old and living with her mother, Sylvia, and brother, Dante, in Crown Heights, New York. Her mother is from the Dominican Republic, and still only speaks Spanish, but Velvet and Dante were born here.Sylvia signs her children up for a program that will send them out...

from gypsysmom

There's been a lot of books written about young girls and horses and of course there is the iconic film National Velvet. I am pretty sure that Mary Gaitskill wants this book to be seen as a modern day National Velvet. After all, even her main character is called Velvet although her full name is V...