The Horse Whisperer, Nicholas Evans
The Horse Whisperer, Nicholas Evans
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The Horse Whisperer

Author: Nicholas Evans

Narrator: Frank Muller

Unabridged: 12 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 07/05/2000


Synopsis

A forty-ton truck hurtles out of control on a snowy country road, a teenage girl on horseback in its path.  In a few terrible seconds the life of a family is shattered.  And a mother's quest begins -- to save her maimed daughter and a horse driven mad by pain.  It is an odyssey that will bring her to...

The Horse Whisperer

He is the stuff of legend.  His voice can calm wild horses and his touch heal broken spirits.  For secrets uttered softly into pricked and troubled ears, such men were once called Whisperers.  Now Tom Booker, the inheritor of this ancient gift, is to meet his greatest challenge.

Annie Graves has traveled across a continent with her daughter, Grace, and their wounded horse, Pilgrim, to the Booker ranch in Montana.  Annie has risked everything -- her career, her marriage, her comfortable life -- in her desperate belief that the Whisperer can help them.  The accident has turned Pilgrim savage.  He is now so demented and dangerous that everyone says he should be destroyed.  But Annie won't give up on him, for she feels his fate is inextricably entwined with that of her daughter, who has retreated into a heartrending, hostile silence.  Annie knows that if the horse dies, something in Grace will die too.

In the weeks to come, under the massive sky of the Rocky Mountain Front, all their lives -- including Tom Booker's -- will be transformed forever in a way none could have foretold.  At once an epic love story and a gripping adventure, The Horse Whisperer weaves an extraordinary tale of healing and redemption -- a magnificent emotional journey that explores our ancient bonds with earth and sky and hearts untamed.  It is a stirring elegy to the power of belief and self-discovery, to hopes lost and found again.

About The Author

Nicholas Evans is also the author of The Horse Whisperer, the #1 bestseller that has enthralled millions of readers around the world. He lives in London, where he is at work on his next novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul on September 21, 2022

SPOILER ALERT: Details of the novel are revealed in this review. First of all, I saw the film before I read the book. With many works, that would prejudice my reaction somewhat, but I believe that this book and movie are so much alike that I can offer an unfiltered opinion. This is the story of a fami......more

Goodreads review by Atishay on November 28, 2008

I don't know about others but writing the review of The Horse Whisperer has proved to be immensely difficult. What I'm writing here is a review about a book that couldn't have been written any better. Nicholas Evans spins a heart wrenching epic love story that thrives and dies amid sorrow and pain.......more

Goodreads review by Dona's on August 20, 2022

Yesterday, Annie had stood beside Grace and watched [Tom Booker] get Pilgrim from the [training] pool. The horse hadn't wanted to come out, had feared a trap, so Tom had walked down the ramp till he was up to his waist. Pilgrim...reared up over him. But Tom was totally unfazed. It seemed miraculous......more

Goodreads review by Kathryn on April 24, 2012

This book would have gotten one star, except for the fact that I actually enjoyed reading about the slow, tandem recovery of the horse and his rider. What I DIDN'T enjoy was the main character, Annie. I can honestly say I disliked her intensely. She drags her family along by the nose, so certain tha......more

Goodreads review by Magdalena aka A Bookaholic Swede on September 11, 2023

Love this book! It's the kind of book one reads and still several years later remember much about. Fabulous story and I think that the ending is the book is way better than the movies ending!......more


Quotes

“A compelling portrait of three people who love each other but can't break through the self-created walls that keep them apart.”—Chicago Sun-Times

“Compelling . . . a real page-turner.”San Francisco Chronicle

“Fascinating . . . moving . . . a big, engrossing book [with] an unexpected endeing that surprises mightily.”Los Angeles Times

“Brilliance pervades this five-hankerchief weepie.”The Times (London)

“Outstanding . . . a book of rare power and beauty.”Booklist