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December 1, 2008

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Chosen by a Horse

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Author: Susan Richards
Publisher: Harvest Books
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

(128 reviews)
Sales Rank: 3028

Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.8

ISBN: 0156031175
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.10019
EAN: 9780156031172
ASIN: 0156031175

Publication Date: June 4, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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How About the HORSE'S Pain? October 8, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful

This is a moving story, and one which Richards tells well. Richards captures both the intensity of our love for our animals, and the pain we suffer at the ephemerality of their lives. The problem here is that Richards is essentially concerned with her own pain, her own suffering, her own vision of "knowing" when her beautiful horse Lay Me Down should be allowed to go. And her own vision of the appropriate time may be tragically mistaken.

Lay Me Down has a grotesquely invasive brain tumor. Richards doesn't know how large it's gotten inside the head, but on the outside it gradually bulges in a wet growth the size of an orange, beneath an eye. Early on, Richards makes slight mention, once or twice, of watching to see if Lay Me Down feels discomfort. She suspects that Lay Me Down is in pain but has adapted to it. She mentions with affection that it's hard to tell, because this horse has never been a complainer. And that is almost the last mention Richards ever makes on the subject.

What did this horse suffer during all the months Richards kept her alive because she couldn't bear to lose her? Was she on pain medication? Richards never mentions it. Lay Me Down was diagnosed as a hopeless case at the Cornell Equine Hospital in the middle of winter. Her aspect and behavior were different when she came home, significant signs that an animal is suffering. But as Richards saw her horse standing in the ice and snow of the winter pasture, she had a transcendent vision of Lay Me Down being allowed to live until she could experience a sunny day in spring. And so Lay Me Down was kept alive until Richard's vision could be realized in April. And not once in these latter pages does Richards ever mention pain management, or ask herself if her "vision" is a repulsively selfish one which does not take Lay Me Down's actual condition and suffering into account.

There are hard but necessary questions which Richards should have asked herself--primarily, was her gentle horse enduring agony in the months before that sunny April day?--but the answers never appear.

5 out of 5 stars

Great book. October 1, 2008
Very heart warming. The effect this horse has on her is just what they needed. Highly recommended.

5 out of 5 stars

Beautiful Simplicity September 12, 2008
This book was an amazingly beautiful story about the love and courage a pet owner shares with their pet. I loved the simplicity of the story. It was very engaging. I laughed, I cried, and I found myself wishing I could own a horse. Animals are amazing. It's a story of love for animals, for yourself and others. Loved it.

3 out of 5 stars

Good book September 6, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful

It is a good book. Not great by any means. I was not aware it had a sad ending, so it loses lots of points with me for that reason alone. I don't like to cry when I finish a book, thank you.

5 out of 5 stars

a wonderful story September 2, 2008
A wonderful story abut the impact that "Lay Me Down", a formerly abused horse has on the book's heroine and the other people and creatures that "Lay Me Down" interacts with. Be prepared for tears,but definitely a worthwhile read.

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