Author Elizabeth Woolsey-Herbert offers a unique and touching story of her life as an equine veterinarian in semirural Australia. As an American living in a foreign country for fourteen years, she observes the differences in Australia compared to her native California. The single mother of an eleven-year-old daughter, she also combines work and family commitments.

With wit and wisdom, Dr. Woolsey-Herbert faces an assortment of daily dilemmas:

* Charlie needs to place well in an upcoming race, but he can't put his foot to the ground. Will he be able to race in three days in order to...