Why read The Hearts of Horses?

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In the winter of 1917, a big-boned young woman shows up at George Bliss's doorstep. She's looking for a job breaking horses, and he hires her. Many of his regular hands are off fighting the war in Europe, and he glimpses beneath her showy rodeo garb, a shy but determined…

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2 authors picked The Hearts of Horses as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Karen Lynne Klink

Author

I love this book because seldom have I read a novel where voice, time, and place are so perfectly portrayed as in The Hearts of Horses.

Molly Glass has become one of my favorite authors, and I read her books as soon as I discover them. If you love horses, you will love this story. If you don't, you will become attached to nineteen-year-old horse trainer Martha Lessen and the other engaging characters as they struggle to make ends meet in the beautiful remote county of 1917 eastern Oregon. This story played my heartstrings as few others have.

From Karen's list on strong emotion, excellent plotting, and vivid descriptions that put me securely in time and place.

Karen Lynne Klink

Author

Voice, time, and place are perfectly portrayed in The Hearts of Horses.

If you love horses as I do, you will love this story, and if you don't, you are bound to love these engaging characters as they struggle to make ends meet in the beautiful remote county of 1917, eastern Oregon.

If this story of the connection between people and people and horses doesn't play your heartstrings, nothing will. I love novels that practically bury me in time and place. If I can’t go there in person, let me do so in a truly well-written story.

From Karen's 3 favorite reads in 2023.