| "Animals are nothing but the forms ofour virtues and vices, wandering beforeour eyes, the visible phantoms of oursouls ? --VICTOR HUGOA powerful novel about the spiritualbond between man and animal, Jack willtouch the hearts of all who have knownlove and loss. Jack McKenna grows up in teh fieldsof Devon in the timeless days beforeWorld War I. His constant companion isBethlehem, a roan mare whom henurtures from a foal and plans to buy.His dream of the two of them workingtogether contains a promise: that hisbeloved Beth will meet the end of herdays in a green pasture. But when the Great War begins, Bethis requisitioned for the artillery. Boundby loyalty, Jack, now grown, leaves hisyoung wife and takes his place on the Western Front,journeying from battery to battery in search of just one horse among thousands. |
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