Once on track as an Olympic hopeful, a disheartened Joannie returns to her hometown of Moscow, Idaho, where she rekindles an old friendship, nurtures her agi. She is a four-time Pushcart Prize nominee, and her debut novel, Borrowed Horses (New Rivers Press), was a semi-finalist for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award. The novel was inspired, in part, by her experience working with the U.S. Equestrian Team, her mourning for the loss of her own horse, Killian, and her deep and desperate nostalgia for riding jumpers. · And Borrowed Horses by Sian Griffiths was an angsty bit of fluff with some decent horse scenes and a bit more insight into the people and places of Idaho. This one has been my favorite for Idaho so far, but I say that cautiously. I am reading my .
Borrowed Horses . by Sian Griffiths. (38) $ When her mother's MS takes a turn for the worse, aspiring Olympian Joannie Edson moves back to Idaho with her aging horse to be closer to home and family. She has given up everything (career, romance) to pursue her goal of riding for the US Equestrian Team, but now, with no horse to. Borrowed Horses - Sian Griffiths. A classic tale for horse lovers, the story here follows Joannie Edson, an Olympic hopeful who is torn between her love for the sport and being there to support her family, including her ever-increasingly sick and poorly mother. Time goes on, and as her horse gets older and further away from being able to. Borrowed Horses has been selected as one of twelve semi-finalists for the VCU Cabell First Novel Award!!! I am so incredibly honored and more than a little intimidated by the exceptional company my novel is keeping. Sian Griffiths. Siân Griffiths lives in Ogden, Utah where she serves as assistant professor of English at Weber State.
She is a four-time Pushcart Prize nominee, and her debut novel, Borrowed Horses (New Rivers Press), was a semi-finalist for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award. The novel was inspired, in part, by her experience working with the U.S. Equestrian Team, her mourning for the loss of her own horse, Killian, and her deep and desperate nostalgia for riding jumpers. Griffiths' novel about a headstrong woman making her way in the rough Idaho landscape stands tall in the storied tradition of American novels about horses. Borrowed Horses (American Fiction) by Sian Griffiths. Click here for the lowest price! Paperback, ,
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