One of the best loved animal stories ever written, the dramatic and heartwarming Black Beauty is told by the magnificent horse himself, from his idyllic days on a country squire's estate to his harsh fate as a London cab horse. No one can ever forget the gallant Black Beauty, a horse with a white star on his forehead and a heart of unyielding courage.
One of the best loved animal stories ever written, the dramatic and heartwarming Black Beauty is told by the magnificent horse himself, from hi...
-This is a young woman's first book, the story of her own life, and both book and life are unforgettable.- --New York Times
-Engaging and engrossing, a story of grace as well as cruelty, and a demonstration of Grealy's] own wit and style and class.---Washington Post Book World
This powerful memoir is about the premium we put on beauty and on a woman's face in particular. It took Lucy Grealy twenty years of living with a distorted self-image and more than thirty reconstructive procedures before...
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-This is a young woman's first book, the story of her own life, and both book and life are unforge...