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Riding Lessons: A Novel

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As a world-class equestrian and Olympic contender, Annemarie Zimmer lived for the thrill of flight atop a strong, graceful animal. Then, at eighteen, a tragic accident destroyed her riding career and Harry, the beautiful horse she cherished.

Now, twenty years later, Annemarie is coming home to her dying father's New Hampshire horse farm. Jobless and abandoned, she is bringing her troubled teenage daughter to this place of pain and memory, where ghosts of an unresolved youth still haunt the fields and stables—and where hope lives in the eyes of the handsome, gentle veterinarian Annemarie loved as a girl . . . and in the seductive allure of a trainer with a magic touch.

But everything will change yet again with one glimpse of a white striped gelding startlingly similar to the one Annemarie lost in another lifetime. And an obsession is born that could shatter her fragile world.

One of the worst books EVER -
Hard to believe this was written by the author of the masterful 'Water for Elephants' in fact I don't believe it! How could it be???
This was such an awful book I kept thinking there was some type of trick up the author's sleeve. But alas, it really was just a bad book.
Read the other 1-star reviews, they are all true, accurate and honest. The book is unbelievably maddening and the main character, Annemarie, sickening.
I loved 'Water for Elephants' but will NEVER waste my time reading another Sara Gruen book. I feel as if someone cheated me out of a portion of my life. If it wasn't for the fact that I had a Book on CD version, I could never have gotten through it.
Yuck!!!

Excellent -
I didn't think that I'd like Sara Gruen's Riding Lessons or Flying Changes, but wanted to read them after reading Water for Elephants. However, the storyline told in these two books was very intriguing. I found myself wanting more after finishing Flying Changes. I wish there would be a third book, or a movie made from these books.

Love it -
I read RIDING LESSONS when it debuted and have read it twice since. It's a lovely, moving book and I adore it and the sequel, FLYING CHANGES. I appreciate a good story for an adult audience that's equine-themed.

One of the most unappealing main characters in memory -
I'm glad to read that others feel the same way. I rarely have read a book that made me so angry at the main character. Okay - people make mistakes but this woman truly is one of the most narcissistic individuals I've ever encountered in fiction, and why would I want to read about her? I kept waiting for the epiphany but it just didn't happen. She blames everyone for her own mistakes. She's a horrible mother and then blames others.. totally obsessed with herself with no compassion, empathy, or understanding for anyone. Unless the author truly wanted to write a book to make the readers HATE the main character, I don't get it. This woman needs serious psychiatric help (Annemarie that is, not the author). YUCK.

Painful -
I noticed the used price on this book at Amazon and there were 96 available at less than a dollar. In my estimate this would be overpriced. Try as I might and believe me I tried, I could not finish this book. The title character is painful. You keep waiting for her to improve. She doesn't and neither does the story line. OUCH OUCH ...She is shallow, horrible person, lousy mother, terrible daughter, thoughtless, not compassionate.
Perhaps her other book is good? I got my copy of this book at a yard sale for 50 cent. Thank the lord I did not pay more.
I don't usually bother to pan a book but this one deserves it!