A Girl and Five Brave Horses

Most "horse families" have seen the movie Wild Hearts Can't be broken and know that it was based on the story of Sonora Carver who rode The Great Diving Horses 1923-1942. Sonora went blind in 1931 after a diving accident and continued to dive horses for 11 years completely blind.

The movie idea came from the memoir "A Girl and Five Brave Horses" by Sonora Carver (the book is available on amazon.com ).

I have to start by saying that I LOVE, LOVE, LOVED the movie, but after reading the memoir I was definitely disappointed in the movie. They were nothing alike.

The memoir gives more incite into the characters and their personalities (both horse and human), and also shared some funny stories (many made me laugh out loud).

While reading the book I felt I could really relate with the author. Especially when she tried to trade her 6 week old brother for the neighbors bay horse when she was five. "I knew good and well I could get a new brother practically any time, but a horse! A horse was something else."

The book also contains around 25 black and white photos of some of the horses and people who are in the memoir (including the famous Red Lips who was a paint not a sorrel like in the movie).

I would definitely recommend this book to any who enjoyed the movie or anyone who is also horse crazy. NOTE: There are a couple of sad parts in the memoir as well so I would advise to the parents out there, to read the book first before passing it on to young kids.