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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Jen's Books.
New York: Doubleday. Very Good Very Good, DJ Very Good 1.2 x 6.5 x 10.0 inches. Condition very good in brown boards with black cloth spine, DJ very good, clean tight 1st edition, like new. From Publishers Weekly: A woman unsettled by early loss of her parents, a sister, a beloved aunt and riding teacher, seeks solace in the unswerving loyalty of horses in a first novel more reminiscent of the stage play Equus than the recent books The Man Who Listens to Horses and The Horse Whisperer. Natalie Baxter, nearly 40 when the story begins, has spent her adult life fixated on horses, drifting from farm to farm until she finds herself perilously close to her hometown of Bethlehem, Pa., and in the employ of horse owner Pierce Kreitzer. He is as loss-scarred as she is and even less able to surface from a quagmire of self-pity. Dimmick provides a fine look at Leheigh Valley, the working-class, Moravian-influenced towns that depended for so long on steel mills and subsidiary industries and paid a heavy price in accidental and chemically caused deaths. Natalie has felt cut off from her roots ever since she left the valley, impelled to escape memories of a complicated childhood. Now she is drawn to a hobbled black horse named Twister that had belonged to Pierce's dead sister. She establishes an almost mystical relationship with the horse, but when she thinks "He has the mind of God, " readers may not quite share the spiritual bond. And since Twister has a degenerative disease, another loss is inevitable for Natalie. Natalie herself is sometimes all insight, sometimes blind. Yet Dimmick will keep readers intrigued as she injects suspenseful incidents into the narrative (the pistol in the first act is indeed fired in the last scene). Natalie's coming to terms with her life, and her jolting ride toward redemption turn out to be absorbing. Author tour. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1998.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, mygrandmasgoodies.
Over the course of her adolescence, Natalie lost everyone that had ever mattered to her--her beloved aunt, her father, her troubled but brilliant sister. Retreating from people and the complexities of relationships, at the age of sixteen she turned to the horse world, immersing herself in the rituals and routines of the barn and moving on to another farm and another set of horses whenever she began to lose her grip on her essential mantra: nothing really matters. As In the Presence of Horses begins, Natalie takes a new position, this time on a farm near her childhood home of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. At first it seems like this will be a job like any other, but as the rolling hills of this familiar landscape begin to evoke long-buried memories, Natalie meets a horse who will change her life forever. His name is Twister: a big, true black with awkward hocks and a disquieting presence. Riding him, Natalie slowly learns to feel again, and as she learns to feel, she will finally need to face the demons of her past and remember how to love. In the Presence of Horses is a marvelous depiction of both loss and how one woman comes to terms with it, and of the way in which interaction with animals and landscape can help to heal. Both beautifully done and moving, the novel mixes poignance with solid storytelling in a manner reminiscent of Jane Smiley and Barbara Kingsolver. Hardcover, Ausgabe: 1st, Label: Doubleday, Doubleday, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 1998-09-15, Freigegeben: 1998-09-15, Studio: Doubleday, Verkaufsrang: 4966542.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, BookHolders.
[ Edition: first ]. Good Condition. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] Publisher: Doubleday Pub Date: 9/15/1998 Binding: Hardcover Pages: 352.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB, MD, Frederick, [RE:4].
Hard cover.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Better World Books West, IN, Mishawaka, [RE:4].
Hard cover.