This week, we read Horse by Geraldine Brooks

This book came to me from my own grandmother, Mormor. She read it in her book club and I just knew we had to read it on the podcast. This historical fiction novel tells the story of a race horse that made waves throughout generations, and a moving narrative about race and art.

Abby Williams, who may not be a horse girl, but she definitely liked this book, joins me to open up a tough conversation that Geraldine so beautifully started with her novel. 

In this episode we cover: 

• How Geraldine gracefully weaved together stories that captured injustice across American history.


• The fact that racing horses is a world we know NOTHING about. 


• Why each section of the book had us SOBBING (well maybe with the exception of Martha...sorry Martha). 

Open your book and press play on a podcast episode that will have you wanting to switch career paths to “horse bones examiner” (pretty sure that’s the technical term). 

Mentioned in the Pairings section of the podcast:

• DRINK: Woodford Reserve, Macallan


• TV SHOW - Beef, When They See Us


• BOOK - Another Country, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, The Hate U Give


• MOVIE - Seabiscuit, Lincoln

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