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The Language of Hoofbeats

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By (author): Catherine Ryan Hyde

When a troubled girl steals a horse, her foster moms are thrown together with their reluctant neighbor in this award-winning novel from New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde. From the bestselling author of Pay It Forward comes a story of the heartbreak and healing power of family. New to a small town, Jackie and Paula envision a quiet life for their kids: a young adopted son and two teenage foster children, including the troubled Star. However, they quickly butt heads with their neighbor, Clementine, who disapproves of their lifestyle and is incensed when Star befriends her spirited horse, Comet. Haunted by past tragedy and unable to properly care for Comet, Clem nevertheless resents the bond Star soon shares with the horse. When Star disappears with Comet, the neighbors are thrown togetherfar too close together. But as the search for the pair wears on, both families must learn to put aside their animosity and confront the choices theyve made and the scars they carry. Plumbing the depths of regret and forgiveness, The Language of Hoofbeats explores the strange alchemy that transforms a group of people into a family. See more
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  • Publication Date: 09 Dec 2014
  • Publisher: Amazon Publishing
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781477824689

About Catherine Ryan Hyde

Catherine Ryan Hyde is the author of thirty-three published books. Her bestselling 1999 novel Pay It Forward adapted into a major Warner Bros. motion picture made the American Library Associations Best Books for Young Adults list and was translated into more than two dozen languages for distribution in more than thirty countries. Her novels Becoming Chloe and Jumpstart the World were included on the ALAs Rainbow List; Jumpstart the World was also a finalist for two Lambda Literary Awards and won Rainbow Awards in two categories. The Language of Hoofbeats won a Rainbow Award. More than fifty of her short stories have been published in many journals including the Antioch Review Michigan Quarterly Review the Virginia Quarterly Review Ploughshares Glimmer Train and the Sun and in the anthologies Santa Barbara Stories and California Shorts as well as the bestselling anthology Dog Is My Co-Pilot. Her short fiction received honorable mention in the Raymond Carver Short Story Contest a second-place win for the Tobias Wolff Award and nominations for Best American Short Stories the O. Henry Award and the Pushcart Prize. Three have also been cited in Best American Short Stories. Hyde is the founder and former president of the Pay It Forward Foundation. As a professional public speaker she has addressed the National Conference on Education twice spoken at Cornell University met with AmeriCorps members at the White House and shared a dais with Bill Clinton. An avid equestrian photographer and traveler she lives in California.

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