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Saddled: How a Spirited Horse Reined Me in and Set Me Free MP3 CD – Unabridged, May 4, 2010

by Susan Richards (Author), Karen White (Narrator)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 195 ratings
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One day, at the age of thirty-one, Susan Richards realized that she was an alcoholic. She wrote it down in her journal, struck by the fact that it had taken nine years of waking up hung-over to name her illness. What had changed? Susan had a new horse, a spirited Morgan named Georgia, and, as she says, "It had something to do with Georgia. It had something to do with making a commitment as enormous as caring for a horse that might live as my companion for the next forty years. It had something to do with love." Every day begins with a morning ride. Every day Susan lives a little more and thinks about her mistakes a little less. Every day she learns a little more from Georgia, the kind of horse who doesn't go in for indecision, who doesn't apologize for her opinions, and who isn't afraid to be herself. In Georgia, Susan finds something to draw her back to herself, but also something to keep her steady and focused, to teach her about stepping carefully in unknown territory, to help her learn again about balance. This is a memoir about the power of animals to carry us through the toughest times of our lives-about the importance of constancy, the beauty of quiet, steadfast love, the way loving a good (and sometimes bad!) animal can keep you going. It's a wonderful story for Susan's (and Georgia's) fans and for anyone who has ever loved an animal enough to keep on living.
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  1. Language
    English
  2. Publisher
    Tantor Audio
  3. Publication date
    May 4, 2010
  4. Dimensions
    5.3 x 0.6 x 7.4 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    1400165768
  6. ISBN-13
    978-1400165766
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"Saddled is a searingly honest portrait of addiction and the redemptive power of animal-human love." ---Ted Kerasote, author of the New York Times bestseller Merle's Door

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tantor Audio; MP3 - Unabridged CD edition (May 4, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1400165768
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1400165766
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.54 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.3 x 0.6 x 7.4 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 195 ratings

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Susan Richards

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Susan Richards has a BA in English from the University of Colorado and a Master of Social Work degree from Adelphi University. She lives in Olivebridge, New York, with three dogs, two cats, and four horses.

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T. L. Needham, Author
5.0 out of 5 stars Thank God for Horses…
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2016
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The author reveals her lonely childhood, filled with rejection and despair, tempered only by love for her pet pony. Thus sets the stage for the future love of her life, and salvation, a Morgan horse named Georgia. Their love relationship is best described in the author’s own words: “She trusted me, and the reward for both of us was that she was free to be herself in my presence. Maybe I needed to learn to trust someone, too…” Yet, tragic choices of partners in marriage, that twice resulted in the worst kind of abusive betrayals, lead her further into a hellish life. This compels her deeper descent into alcohol abuse and dependency. Yet, in time, the author learns so much about life, people, addiction, and herself: “I concluded there were two kinds of crazy people: the ones who knew they were crazy and the ones who didn’t.” Which drives the story to the inspirational outcome of recovery, and eventual dedication to helping other addicts recover too: “Nobody made it through life without scars; it was just a question of what kind.” I found so much wisdom within this story that I was tempted to high-lite each little pearl of truth, yet I found all the pages turning yellow! Thus, in her eventual sober wisdom, she reveals how it felt: “The two words that best described how it felt to be sober the first few years were overwhelmed and fearful.” I found great irony in that these same words also describe what drives so many souls into addiction too. This book is so well written and personal, that it leaves the reader fully engaged in the author’s world, and grateful for the new found awareness, wisdom, and insight into how the love of a horse can be one’s salvation. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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Kerrin Churchill
5.0 out of 5 stars Heartfelt, Intriguing and Hard to Put Down
Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2013
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This author's writing style is so quiet and seamless that before you know it, the sun is coming up and you've been reading all night long. She is a gifted story teller with a great-big heart. If you love horses and the natural world you will laugh and cry while turning the pages of a Susan Richards story. I have now read all that she has published and find myself resisting the temptation to call her on the phone. That's how intimate her writing style is. We love her animals right along with her and we feel her deep anguish and pain. I hope she will be publishing more soon because I am addicted. I can't imagine anyone not enjoying a Susan Richards memoir. She really is "all that."
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4.0 out of 5 stars Saddled
Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2010
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I love Susan Richards. I find her highly inspirational, and I love her writing style. I agree with one of the other reviews that this is my least favorite of her three books. She tells a lot more about her life before the first book. However it wasn't as good a read, and I found myself not feeling as inspired by her as before.
It's still a good book overall, and a quick read. Susan Richards is still an author that I will read everytime she publishes.
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5.0 out of 5 stars So much more than a horse story!
Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2014
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I did not want this book to end. This book is about the love of a woman for her horse. But it's also about the challenges of being a child of an alcoholic, and of being an active and then recovering alcoholic. The author's writing style is honest, vulnerable, concise. She lets you into her struggles and allows you to travel through to her eventual healing with her.
I highly recommend to animal lovers, horse lovers and anyone interested in alcoholism and recovery. Great read! Hope this author writes many more!
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Jules
5.0 out of 5 stars Really Wonderful
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2018
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I’ve just finished reading all 3 of Susan Richards’ memoirs (Chosen By A Horse, Chosen Forever, Saddled) and all 3 are really wonderful cover to cover.

These books contain so many layers of life that I learned a lot and healed a lot throughout reading them.
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Tweety
5.0 out of 5 stars You see salvation delivered by nature,a horse and God.
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2015
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A story that takes you on a ride through a life in need of salvation from drinking, abuse and for her damaged soul. The author opens up the pain that was her life in a book so well written you not only feel the pain of her life but the path to recovery. It is so well written that if you read the book only for the descriptions of bath
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Kilian85710
3.0 out of 5 stars Three stars
Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2018
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I'm a sucker for anything to do with horses, so when I saw the cover with its beautiful Arabian horse, I was hooked. Even when I found out that the horse in the story is a Morgan, I thought 'artistic license' and kept reading. Unfortunately, the story is about the writer overcoming her addiction to alcohol through her obsession to the horse. It could just as easily been about painting, or music, or running marathons. It just happened to be about her relationship with the horse. I just didn't find her story compelling.
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CranberryLyme
5.0 out of 5 stars ...finding insight and peace through a horse
Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2017
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We are all broken in our own unique ways. For Susan, saddled with a life of loneliness, sadness, poor self-esteem led to an alcohol soaked adulthood. However, a beautiful horse, Georgia, gives her a reason to ground herself; to care for such a horse would require sobriety. Can this, teamed with moving where she doesn't know a soul help her reinvent and rebuild her life?
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elsie
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 5, 2023
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SHANNON HENDEL BELCOURT
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on April 21, 2017
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Very good book by this writer. Book in very good shape and timely. Thank you.
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Louisa Thomas
5.0 out of 5 stars A lovely read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 16, 2011
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This is as good as, if not better than, Chosen by a Horse. Susan is so honest in her writing and shares her inner-most feelings. It brought up my feelings and emotions reading it. She has a lovely style and it's so easy to read. A must for all horse lovers. I do hope she writes more books. Her descriptions are wonderful too, it made me want to go to the Adirondacks.
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V. Loudon
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 19, 2013
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I've read this book before along with the two other books in the set. The only sadness I have is that, while the other two are available on Kindle, this one isn't. Anyway, this book fills in the gaps in the other two and makes very good reading for horse lovers and people like me, who've never even sat on a horse!
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Marie
5.0 out of 5 stars Saddled
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 3, 2011
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A book about the impossible becoming possible because of the love for a horse :) A great book for horse lovers and people who have given up hope of becoming who they want to be
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