![]() ![]() Susan Richards, whose heart broke at age five when her mother died a lingering death from cancer, and who has steadfastly avoided any emotional commitments that would lead to loss, finds herself committed to a beautiful, sweet-natured horse who has had a life as hard as her own, and who is going to die. In the position it’s in, it can’t even be biopsied safely, but it’s almost certainly cancerous. With Susan’s care, Lay Me Down gets back to a healthy weight, recovers from her pneumonia, and gets successfully integrated into her existing herd of one Morgan mare and two quarter horse geldings.Īnd then she discovers that Lay Me Down has an eye tumor. She gets a Standardbred named Lay Me Down, a 16-year-old broodmare who is terribly thin and who has pneumonia. ![]() ![]() Against her better judgment, Richards agrees to take one of the horses. Their barn was already full they need foster homes immediately. Then she gets a call from the local SPCA, which has taken in more than forty horses from an abuse case. Having given up alcohol, casual sex, and in fact men altogether, she may be lonely, but at least she’s safe. Susan Richards has survived an abusive childhood and a bad marriage, and now, in her forties, is living on a small farm with her three horses, working as a social worker, and determinedly protecting her independence. ![]()
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