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Author:	Jane Smiley	Publisher:	Alfred a Knopf Inc
Edition Description:	Reprint	ISBN-10:	1400033179
Category:	Pet, Animal Care	ISBN-13:	9781400033171
	--	Format:	Softcover
	--	Publication Year:	2005
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Jane Smiley, who has had horses since she was a small child, writes about not only the race track but her own experiences and--in particular--those of the horses she has loved. Her aim here is to write about horses the way a novelist writes about human characters--because horses are, she insists, are every bit as quirky and interesting as men and women. In support of her thesis, Smiley zeroes in on two of her own horses to describe what happened to them as they raced at tracks across America. As she makes her case, Smiley shows that she can be as scrupulous and entertaining a storyteller in a factual chronicle as she is in her fiction.
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Length:	287 pages
Height:	8.3 in.
Width:	5.3 in.
Thickness:	0.2 in.
Weight:	10.6 oz.

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“Every horse story is a love story,” writes Jane Smiley, who has loved horses for most of her life and owned and bred them for a good part of it. To love something is to observe it with more than usual attention, and that is precisely what Smiley does in this irresistibly smart, witty, and engaging chronicle of her obsession. In particular she follows a sexy filly named Waterwheel and a grey named Wowie (he “tells” a horse communicator that he wants it changed from Hornblower) as they begin careers at the racetrack. Filled with humor and suspense, and with discourses on equine intelligence, affection, and character, A Year at the Races is a winner.
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"The surety and glow of her prose fragrantly convey the author's sensuous and protective love for horses...." Kirkus (03/01/2004) "[Smiley's] great virtue as a writer about horses is her emotional candor. Most horse owners...try to refrain from talking about how deeply they love their animals or from telling cute stories about them. Not Smiley....In A YEAR AT THE RACES, Smiley examines love, ambition, personality and intelligence in horses, mixed with enough good horse stories to keep any reader happy." New York Times Book Review - Verlyn Klinkenborg (06/27/2004)

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A Year at the Races: Reflections on Horses, Humans, Love, Money, and Luck

Jane Smiley

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Binding:	Paperback
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ISBN:	1400033179
Publication Date:	2005-04-19
Publisher:	Anchor

Pages:	304
Height:	0.6300 inches
Width:	5.2000 inches
Weight:	0.6600 pounds

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