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001 2013016669
003 DLC
005 20150811081519.0
008 130620s2013 ctuaf b 000 0deng
010 $a 2013016669
020 $a9780762790197 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda
042 $apcc
043 $an-us-il
050 00 $aSF293.M9$bR68 2013
082 00 $a636.1/309773$223
084 $aPET006000$aPET010000$aBIO026000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aRoth, Melinda.
245 10 $aMestengo :$ba wild mustang, a writer on the run, and the power of the unexpected /$cMelinda Roth.
264 1 $aGuilford, Connecticut :$bLyons Press, An imprint of Globe Pequot Press,$c[2013]
300 $aix, 246 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations (chiefly color) ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 2 $a"Exhausted by her job as a political press secretary, Melinda Roth found the courage to escape. Her goal: a simpler life in rural Illinois that would let her pursue her passion for writing. But then real life intervened. A fire at a neighboring farm and a misinterpreted gesture of kindness transformed her into the reluctant caretaker of a homeless menagerie of animals. Roth, coauthor of the New York Times-bestseller From Baghdad with Love, writes vividly, movingly, and often humorously of the chaos that descended into her life. One of her new tenants was a wild mustang, broken but not bowed, his restless spirit propelling him to escape the fences and pens that enclosed him--a far different life than before he was violently captured by a government-sponsored 'round-up.' Ultimately these two fiercely independent characters each provide the catalyst for the other's life-changing and life-affirming decisions. Mestengo is a captivating, emotional account that taps into readers' love of animals: Marley and Me meets The Horse Whisperer. An entertaining and delightful read, it is a cinematic, sometimes tense, but always beautiful story of the power of healing"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 236-246).
650 0 $aMustang$zIllinois.
600 10 $aRoth, Melinda.
650 0 $aHuman-animal relationships$zIllinois.
650 0 $aFarm life$zIllinois.
650 0 $aMental healing$vCase studies.
650 0 $aLife change events$vCase studies.
650 0 $aCareer changes$vCase studies.
650 7 $aPETS / Horses / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPETS / Essays.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.$2bisacsh