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Overview

A forty-ton truck hurtles out of control on a snowy country road, a teenage girl on horseback in its path.  In a few terrible seconds the life of a family is shattered.  And a mother's quest begins -- to save her maimed daughter and a horse driven mad by pain.  It is an odyssey that will bring her to...

The Horse Whisperer

He is the stuff of legend.  His voice can calm wild horses and his touch heal broken spirits.  For secrets uttered softly into pricked and troubled ears, such men were once called Whisperers.  Now Tom Booker, the inheritor of this ancient gift, is to meet his greatest challenge.

Annie Graves has traveled across a continent with her daughter, Grace, and their wounded horse, Pilgrim, to the Booker ranch in Montana.  Annie has risked everything -- her career, her marriage, her comfortable life--in her desperate belief that the Whisperer can help them.  The accident has turned Pilgrim savage.  He is now so demented and dangerous that everyone says he should be destroyed.  But Annie won't give up on him, for she feels his fate is inextricably entwined with that of her daughter, who has retreated into a heartrending, hostile silence.  Annie knows that if the horse dies, something in Grace will die too.

In the weeks to come, under the massive sky of the Rocky Mountain Front, all their lives--including Tom Booker's--will be transformed forever in a way none could have foretold.  At once an epic love story and a gripping adventure, The Horse Whisperer weaves an extraordinary tale of healing and redemption--a magnificent emotional journey that explores our ancient bonds with earth and sky and hearts untamed.  It is a stirring elegy to the power of belief and self-discovery, to hopes lost and found again.

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Michiko Kakutani
A sappy romance novel, gussied up with some sentimental claptrap about the emotional life of animals and lots of Walleresque hooey about men and women. About the only thing missing is a picture of Fabio on the cover.... Mr. Evans has absolutely no feel for the landscape he is describing and even less insight into his characters....It's a measure of this abysmal novel's deficiencies that Pilgrim the horse emerges as the deepest and most conflicted character in the book. Which is something you expect to find in a children's animal story, not in an over-hyped fable for adults. -- New York Times
Publishers Weekly
Screenwriter Evans's debut novel spent 38 weeks on PW's bestseller list.
Library Journal
While riding her horse Pilgrim on a snowy Saturday morning, young Grace Graves is involved in a horrible accident. She and the horse survive, but she loses a leg and Pilgrim becomes unmanageable. Annie, Grace's mother, senses that if Grace is to recover completely her horse must recover, too. When medicine and other traditional treatments fail to tame the horse, Annie moves Grace and Pilgrim to Montana in order to be near Tom Booker, a legendary figure who is rumored to be able to whisper sanity back into the minds of troubled horses. Tom works wonders for Pilgrim and Grace. Inevitably, Annie falls under his spell, and her marriage and family are put in opposition to her consuming love for Tom. This emotionally wrenching tale, read by Peter Coyote, is recommended for popular collections. M. Burkhardt, Univ. of Rhode Island Coll. of Continuing Education Lib., Providence.
George Needham
The advance ballyhoo about this first novel, as well as the huge advance paid to its author, screenwriter Nicholas Evans, is more than enough to make the skeptical reader wince. Hold back those winces if you can, because this is a book of rare power and beauty, a story told simply but elegantly. Teenager Grace Maclean loses a leg in a terrible accident while riding her horse, Pilgrim. Grace and Pilgrim are both emotionally scarred as well as physically devastated by the accident. Realizing that the fates of her daughter and the horse are inextricably linked, Grace's mother, high-powered editor and journalist Annie Graves, launches an all-out campaign to find a "horse whisperer," someone who can cure troubled horses with only a calm voice and a soothing touch. She finds her savior in Tom Booker, a man well known in equestrian circles for his almost mystical skills with horses. Annie packs up Grace and Pilgrim, leaves Grace's father with his law practice in New York, and moves to Montana to try to convince the horse whisperer to help them. Most of the novel describes Tom's work to rebuild all the lives that have been shattered by the accident. Inevitably, love blossoms between the gentle horseman and the uprooted sophisticate, a love with both wonderful and tragic consequences. Expect this outstanding novel to be the talk of the season: it has a 600,000-copy first printing, and Robert Redford has already bought the movie rights for a cool $3 million. The numbers are remarkable, to be sure, but the most remarkable thing about this book is that it actually earns the great popularity it seems destined to enjoy.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780440222651
  • Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
  • Publication date: 11/1/1996
  • Format: Mass Market Paperback
  • Pages: 480
  • Sales rank: 851,257
  • Lexile: 970L (what's this?)
  • Product dimensions: 4.17 (w) x 6.86 (h) x 1.02 (d)

Meet the Author

Nicholas Evans studied law at Oxford University after serving in Africa with the Voluntary Service Overseas. He then studied journalism and worked as a newspaper reporter, television producer, and screenwriter before writing four bestselling novels. The Horse Whisperer, his first book, was made into a celebrated movie directed by Robert Redford. He lives in Devon with his wife, singer/songwriter Charlotte Gordon Cumming.

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  • Posted April 13, 2012

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    Outstanding!

    Outstanding!

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  • Posted February 5, 2012

    Highly Recommended!

    What a wonderful book. It made me skip my chores to gallop away in the romance but charming book.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 11, 2012

    THE HORSE WHISPERER

    Amazing book its hard to put down

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 13, 2011

    GREAT book!! Hard to put it down!!

    Amazing book!!! The author did an amazing job!! Could not put it down and could not get enough of the story!!

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  • Posted June 29, 2011

    Ok

    Empty story.

    0 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted June 12, 2011

    Beautiful

    When+i+read+the+part+about+the+darkest+hour+coming+before+the+dawn+i+cried+my+eyes+out.+I+found+this+book+right+when+i+needed+it%2C+and+i+thank+mr.+Evans+for+writing+this+heatbreaking+story+about+hope+that+eveyone+can+relate+to.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 3, 2011

    Love this book!

    It is super interesting and keeps you reading constantly, youcant put this book down!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 20, 2011

    hot dog

    luv it!!!!!!!

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  • Posted December 3, 2009

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    One of my favorites...

    I thought this was a wonderful book. I could hardly put it down. The movie did not do the book justice, and it changed the ending in a horrible way. The author had done a much better job on the storyline!

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  • Posted September 3, 2009

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    One book that I want forget

    The Horse Whisperer is a truly remarkable peace of literature, no matter the age of the reader. Nicholas Evans leads us through a reality check in what matters most in life when everyday illusions are shed. On her search to give her daughter back the horse that once lifted her life, the mother finds even that even in an amniable wedlock, she has been robbed of true passion in her life. Passion is found, and her daughters youth is once restored as it should be. The style of writing in this novel is one that invokes a mutitude of questions that lies within each one of us.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 28, 2009

    I Also Recommend:

    I loved this book

    This book was so moving and such a beautiful story that you will read it in one sitting.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 13, 2008

    great

    this book is one of the best books i have read. it is a bout a girl and her horse. i really thought this book was great except for the ending i really didnt like the end and i was upset about it and i wish it ended differently but other then that i recommened this book to people 13 and up

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 29, 2006

    Good Read!

    I LOVE Nicholas Evans! He writes such beautiful stories of love and life. Smoke Jumper is by far my favorite of his books but this one is good too, as is the Loop.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 15, 2006

    AWESOME BOOk!!!

    This book is called The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans. It¿s about a girl, her horse, an accident and the recovery. The girl is Grace and her horse¿s name is Pilgrim. One morning after snow has just fallen, she and her friend go on a trail ride. While out, her friends horse slips down a slope and crashes into Grace, all four of them falling into the road. A truck coming down the road tries to stop but can¿t in time. Grace¿s friend and her friend¿s horse both die in the accident. Grace lives, is in a coma for awhile and has to get part of her leg cut off. Pilgrim is almost put down but Annie, Grace¿s mom won¿t let them. His wounds eventually heal but he is emotionally scarred. Grace has recovered enough to go home by Christmas. Pilgrim is also moved back to his stable, but lashes out at anyone who tries to go near him. He lives in a stall that is never cleaned out and they shove food and water through a small opening in the bottom of the door. Annie calls a trainer to come and see Pilgrim and help him. The trainer, Tom is disgusted with what he sees, the horse¿s living condition and the way the barn is run. He goes away without helping. He is supposedly the best and Annie is to stubborn to let him just say ¿no.¿ She drives out to Montana from New York, with the horse and her daughter Grace. Grace didn¿t want to go and wanted the horse to be sold. They come unannounced and this time Tom is forced to look at the horse. In the end he decides to help, but now it¿s more than just the horse¿s problem. Annie and Grace are having problems too. Read the book to find out how everything works out. The book was so exciting to read. There was something happening all the time. Annie was yelling at someone, Grace was having trouble with her leg or Tom was working with a horse. I definitely felt like I was in the book because I could understand just about everything that was going on. The main conflict, which was getting Pilgrim better did interest me. I wanted to know if Tom could fix him. The character¿s were very realistic. They were very normal and didn¿t have anything very odd about them or any special powers that made them not so real. The books ending was pretty satisfying although there was one part that was disappointing. I won¿t give it away but it had to do with Tom and I thought it almost ruined the story because it seemed so unreal. The author wrote the book in third person. Sometimes the author gave a characters thoughts or opinions on what was happening in the story. There weren¿t too many hard words in the story and I could understand everything that was going on, but there were a few tough words that I didn¿t know. There wasn¿t anything really unique about the author¿s writing. It was basically the same as other authors. The author used a lot of dialogue but not so much description. There was a lot of tone, when Annie got mad, when Grace was happy and when people were relieved. I would give this book a nine out of ten. It was a great book but there was one part that kinda ruined it for me and didn¿t make sense. I would recommend this book to people fourteen and up. Probably girls and people who want to read a book about a family having a hard time together and a horse who has been through a lot.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 5, 2005

    Fair

    This book began and ended on a sad note. I finished reading it only because I kept hoping it would get better. It was full of unnecessary detail which I skimmed over and it ended rather abruptly. There are lots of better reads out there.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 8, 2004

    Animals Can Understand Humans

    The Horse Whisperer is an outstanding story! This story is about a horse that got hit by a semi when his owner was riding him. This happened in the middle of a snowy, winter morning. He then became very crazy and was scared of everybody. The Horse Whisperer is a man that can talk to horses. This guy took months teaching and talking to the horse telling him everything will be okay. At first, the horse wanted to hurt the guy because he was scared of him. Then, after awhile of the whisperer talking to him; the horse wasn't afraid of him anymore. The horse still didn't know what to think about other people yet though. He just knew that he could trust the whisperer, because he could talk to him. The horse was a beautiful, black, quarter horse that had no reason to die. This story will give your mind a wild ride. In my opinion, horse lovers would like this book a lot. I am a 16 year-old girl that loves horses. I understood the story thoroughly. I didn't have one problem trying to get through this book. I highly recommend this book to horse lovers and trainers. This book could easily put a stop to abuse of animals. If you have a heart, you'll love the story.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 21, 2004

    slow and steady didn't win my attention

    I am a student and I had to read this book for class. It was literally painful to read this book. It starts out slow BUT HALFWAY THROUGH!!!....it's still boring. Don't let the title fool you into thinking it is going to be a mystical and exctiting read. This book ultimately though long, was empty.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 4, 2004

    The Horse Wiperer

    I thought that The Horse Wisperer is one of the best books I have ever read. I picked up this book thinking it was going to be about horses but when I started to read it I found out it was kind of a love story but yet, I still loved it and coming from me that says alot because unless it is a real adventure to i do not read the book. I LOVED THIS BOOK! READ IT! YOU'LL LOVE IT!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 15, 2004

    Wonderful, Captivating Book

    I am only a junior high student, and I LOVE this book! This book held my attention. I love the way Evans linked all the characters together. He has a great writing style, I wish more authors wrote like he does. I was disappointed with the ending, (even though it made me cry), but it is an excellent book overall.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 3, 2004

    Awesome Book

    i LOVE this book. it is one of my favorites. horse lover or not, u will love this book. it pulls u in and holds u there. the author uses vivid detail to tell a wonderful story about love and healing. after reading this book, you feel like u really know the characters. everyone should read this book; as you go on with your life, it really sticks with you.

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