In the winter of 1917, with many of his regular hands off fighting in World War I, George Bliss hires young Martha Lessen, a female horse whisperer, to help gentle wild horses, and as she demonstrates her unique talent for dealing with damaged horses, gentles a horse for a dying man's son, and clashes with an abusive hired hand, she finds a sense of family and belonging. Reprint.
Tall tough teenager Martha Lessen has a remarkable knack for taming even the most wild of horses. In Oregon in 1917, with most young men away for the war, she travels from ranch to ranch helping the farmers with their animals. Slowly she becomes intertwined with their complicated lives, hardships, and loves.
- Genre: Fiction + Literature Themes
- Subgenre: Literary Genres + Types of Novels, War + Military, Settings, Love + Relationships + Sex, Nature + Animals
- Publisher: Mariner Books
- Pages: 289
- Edition: Reprint
- Language: English
- Format: paperback
- Release Date: December 8, 2008
- Date Published: December 8, 2008
- Author: Molly Gloss