Kick the Latch

About one woman's fine, hard life at the racetrack, Kick the Latch-with its ruthless concision and artful mysteries-is lightning in a bottle

Kathryn Scanlan's Kick the Latch vividly captures the arc of one woman's life at the racetrack-the flat land and ramshackle backstretch; the bad feelings and friction; the winner's circle and the racetrack bar; the fancy suits and fancy boots; and the "particular language" of "grooms, jockeys, trainers, racing secretaries, stewards, pony people, hotwalk...