The scene with the ribbon is the one that got me a little choked up. I particularly loved the chapter “Willow” named after Sarah’s gray OTTB mare she showed at The Hampton Classic. From Chapter 1 Guernsey to the last chapter titled Tango, your heart will sing and sometimes be crushed as Sarah chronicles her ups and downs with horses. These themes are woven through each chapter named after a particular horse. The recurring question of belonging: whether to horses or belonging in the equestrian world. The hard work required to not just pay for horse expenses, but as a city girl, going to extremes to keep horses at the center of life. The magnetic pull of a kind beast on four hooves. If you’re not already familiar with her, Sarah is a Pulitzer Prize finalist who writes for the New York Times. There is so much to love about Horse Crazy I don’t know where to begin. It’s such a personal experience listening to an author read her work–like being in conversation with a friend–I highly recommend it. Sarah narrates Horse Crazy and it’s a performance! I especially loved her characterization of her father, a Holocaust survivor, as she read his lines with his Polish accent. I began reading the book, then purchased the Audible version of Horse Crazy so I could listen to it on a flight and later on my 75-mile one way barn commute. It’s no secret I’m a fan of horse books, memoir in particular, and have featured several here on the blog (and have penned my own Horses Adored and Men Endured), so I was excited to be gifted a review copy of Horse Crazy. I lost track of how many times while reading or listening I thought, “Me too!” or, “I get you, Sarah!” I then laughed through my tears because it’s so embarrassing to get emotional about a book! For the record, I’m not much of a crier (far too Midwestern practical for that), but this horse book gave me all the feels.īeautiful and honest, Horse Crazy is not just one woman’s deep dive into her passion for horses, it’s a story of people just like us from all walks of life. Twice now I’ve started telling friends about Sarah Maslin Nir’s book Horse Crazy: The Story of a Woman and a World in Love with an Animal and have started to cry.
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