Author

Publication

2013 - , Connecticut

Language

English

Word Count

61,500 words, Guess

Page Count

246 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780762790197
  • Open LibraryOL26921444M

Classifications

  • DDC636.1/309773
  • LCCSF293.M9 R68 2013
  • LCCSF293.M9R68 2013

Description

"Exhausted by her job as a political press secretary, Melinda Roth found the courage to escape. Her goal: a simpler life in rural Illinois that would let her pursue her passion for writing. But then real life intervened. A fire at a neighboring farm and a misinterpreted gesture of kindness transformed her into the reluctant caretaker of a homeless menagerie of animals. Roth, coauthor of the New York Times-bestseller From Baghdad with Love, writes vividly, movingly, and often humorously of the chaos that descended into her life. One of her new tenants was a wild mustang, broken but not bowed, his restless spirit propelling him to escape the fences and pens that enclosed him--a far different life than before he was violently captured by a government-sponsored 'round-up.' Ultimately these two fiercely independent characters each provide the catalyst for the other's life-changing and life-affirming decisions. Mestengo is a captivating, emotional account that taps into readers' love of animals: Marley and Me meets The Horse Whisperer. An entertaining and delightful read, it is a cinematic, sometimes tense, but always beautiful story of the power of healing"--

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Other Editions

  • Mestengo: a wild mustang, a writer on the run, and the power of the unexpected2013-01-01

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