| Mestengo: A Wild Mustang, a Writer on the Run, and the Power of the Unexpected Contributor(s): Roth, Melinda (Author) |
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ISBN: 0762790199 ISBN-13: 9780762790197 Publisher: Lyons Press OUR PRICE: $24.26 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Pets | Essays & Narratives - Pets | Horses |
| Dewey: 636.130 |
| LCCN: 2013016669 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.00 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Exhausted by her job as a political press secretary, Melinda Roth found the courage to escape. Her goal: a simpler life in rural Illinois that would let her pursue her passion for writing. But then real life intervened. A fire at a neighboring farm and a misinterpreted gesture of kindness transformed her into the reluctant caretaker of a homeless menagerie of animals. Roth, coauthor of the New York Times-bestseller From Baghdad with Love, writes vividly, movingly, and often humorously of the chaos that descended into her life. One of her new tenants was a wild mustang, broken but not bowed, his restless spirit propelling him to escape the fences and pens that enclosed him--a far different life than before he was violently captured by a government-sponsored "round-up." Ultimately these two fiercely independent characters each provide the catalyst for the other's life-changing and life-affirming decisions. Mestengo is a captivating, emotional account that taps into readers' love of animals: Marley and Me meets The Horse Whisperer. An entertaining and delightful read, it is a cinematic, sometimes tense, but always beautiful story of the power of healing. |
