| In the Presence of Horses Contributor(s): Dimmick, Barbara (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 031224567X ISBN-13: 9780312245672 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $20.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1999 Annotation: After losing her faith in people, Natalie Baxter returns to her hometown of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and takes a job at a local horse ranch. Caring for a fiery black mare, she slowly begins to find courage to return to the world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 99046542 |
| Physical Information: 0.96" H x 5.45" W x 8.16" (0.80 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A moving, powerful novel of a woman coming to terms with her past -- for readers of Jane Hamilton and Barbara Kingsolver. Throughout her life Natalie Baxter has lost everyone she has ever cared for, and after losing her faith in people she returns to her hometown of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and takes a job at a local horse ranch. Caring for a fiery true black mare named Twister, she slowly begins to find courage to return to the world. And when a gradual romance builds between Natalie and farm's strangely reclusive owner, Pierce, she is forced to confront the ghosts of her traumatic past. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dimmick, Barbara: - Barbara Dimmick is the author of the novel, In the Presence of Horses. At various times a horse trainer, homesteader, and college professor, she now lives and writes in northern New England. |