{"product_id":"summer-of-the-horse-9781550178197","title":"Summer of the Horse","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat do you do when you decide you no longer want to be responsible for anyone but yourself? When faced with that moment, Donna Kane leaves her twenty-five-year marriage for life with a conservationist and wilderness guide who is so certain of the path he is on that she thinks she's just along for the ride.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA few days before Kane's new husband leaves for a three-month horse-pack expedition, a gelding is seriously injured, and she agrees to stay behind to tend the horse's wound. In the quiet moments spent with the horse each day, she reflects on her transition into the new relationship, the wilderness of the unknown, and her struggles with personal autonomy and independence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA deft writer, Kane takes readers on her inaugural trail ride into the stunning Muskwa-Kechika protected area, known as the \"Serengeti of the North.\" She rides with a pack string of horses over mountain passes, into boreal forests, along swamps and sand flats, crossing creeks and fast-flowing rivers. A novice horsewoman traversing new terrain, she is startled out of her familiar routines and must examine her assumptions of the wild, within and without, to find her place in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith honesty and humility, Kane reveals the folly, surprise and knowledge--of the world and of the self--that can come from setting foot in the headstrong currents of the unknown.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIncluding striking photos of the Muskwa-Kechika and the pack string horses, the book touches on universal issues of ecological protection and individual identity. \u003cem\u003eSummer of the Horse\u003c\/em\u003e is sure to captivate readers interested in equine pursuits as well as those concerned with the ecological issues facing BC's far north.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKane, Donna:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDonna Kane\u003c\/strong\u003e, a recipient of the Aurora Award of Distinction: Arts and Culture (2009), is the current executive director of the Peace Liard Regional Arts Council and co-founder of Writing on the Ridge (a non-profit society that has, for over twenty years, organized arts festivals, literary readings, artist retreats, and writer-in-residence programs). Her work has appeared in journals and magazines across Canada and she is the author of two poetry titles, \u003cem\u003eSomewhere, a Fire\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eErratic\u003c\/em\u003e (Hagios Press, 2004 and 2007). She currently lives in Rolla, BC, with her husband Wayne Sawchuk.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harbour Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50356184219922,"sku":"9781550178197","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d3906176-cfcd-4207-b6d2-adba9c405992.jpg?v=1728307286","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/summer-of-the-horse-9781550178197","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}