Mare

The story of a horse and the woman who loves her-a lively first novel of not-daughters and non-mothers; animals and animal bodies; and how we find freedom, care, and community in unexpected places ...

The story of a horse and the woman who loves her-a lively first novel of not-daughters and non-mothers; animals and animal bodies; and how we find freedom, care, and community in unexpected places.For a long time, a woman lives with her husband and their dog. She teaches an online class about children's books and plods away at a book of her own. Then the dog dies, and a doctor's visit reveals that she isn't able to have children, even if she wanted to.When an opportunity to lease a mare part-time comes her way, it seems like the ideal arrangement and the fulfillment of a childhood wish-perhaps