Conversations With A Prince
by Helen Husher
Copyright 2005 by Helen Husher All Rights Reserved.
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In Helen Husher's warm, often funny account of returning to riding after many years away, the gravitational pull of the horse barn finds expression in the unlikely alliance between the fifty-something author and a lesson horse named Prince. Wayward and charming, Prince reopens doors that allow Husher to explore and share the essential grammar of horses - what we do with them, what we want from them, and what we hope for when we approach them - and proves that riding is a form of interspecies poetry.
Weaving together the past, the present, and classic texts like National Velvet and Black Beauty, Husher peels away the instructive and redemptive layers of our view of horses. The hard truths underneath can be painful, but also full of a mute, strange, and complicated beauty.
Written for riders and nonriders alike, Conversations with a Prince, brings to life a world of gestures, sensation, intuition, negotiation, and close observation, but the primary target is human passion. "Horse craziness," says Husher, "has certain magical, reiterative properties - good evidence that riding really does approach allegory. But riding also brings with it grief, love, work, and endless correction. These things are the opposite of allegory, and hold their magic because they refuse to turn into blurry abstractions."
Conversations with a Prince will not teach its readers how to ride, but to understand why riding matters by placing it into the larger context of a moral and engaged life, and a life vastly improved by having horses in it.
Quotes
"A convincing chronicle of the mysterious and ineffable ties that bind us to our horses and to each other."
— Matthew Mackay-Smith, DVM, Medical Editor, EQUUS and lifelong horseman
"Anybody who likes horses and motorcycles is very special in my eyes, but in writing about her relationship
with 'Prince,' Helen Husher will touch the hearts of many readers who love horses and want to get to know them better."
— Michael Korda, author of Horse People
"Helen Husher has written an entertaining story about her journey with these amazing creatures that will
strike a familiar chord with horse lovers as well as captivate the non-horsey set. I couldn't put it down!"
— Jane Savoie, reserve rider for the 1992 Olympic Team and author of That Winning Feeling!;
It's Not Just About the Ribbons;
"A graceful and leisurely memoir of the author's midlife return to horseback riding after a seven-year hiatus.
Husher is extraordinarily perceptive, and her observations about horses in general, and Prince in particular,
are nuanced and thoughtful without drifting into sentimentality. A finely written chronicle that should charm
equestrians and non-horsey types alike."
— Kirkus
Extended Copyright Information
Copyright 2005 by Helen Husher
Originally published by The Lyons Press
An imprint of The Globe Pequot Press
All Rights Reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
Opening Lines (Experimental)
EVER SINCE MY EARLY TEENS, MY OFF-THE-RACK ANXIETY dream has always been that I have left my horse standing forgotten in the cross ties. While not a felony, this is definitely a crime, and when I mentioned this to Kathie she responded with a little laugh, maybe because she recognized the dream or ...
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