Horse Heaven

By: Jane Smiley

Narrated by: Shelley Thompson

Many astonishing and affecting things happen at the racetrack, and the mysterious universe of horse racing, passionate, cold-hearted, pure, corrupt, is woven into a marvelous tapestry of joy and love, chicanery, folly, greed, and reckless courage. Spanning two years on the circuit, from Kentucky and California to New York and Paris, Horse Heaven, puts us among trainers, nervey jockeys, billionaire breeders, and restless track wives.©2014 Jane Smiley (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

Wonderful story

What a wonderful storyline. The characters just came alive and the narrative was so well done the horses and folks were vivid and just came alive before my eyes. I highly recommend this book and am looking into getting another by her. Hopefully I’ll get lucky and get the same reader. She did a fantastic job.

Heaven indeed

I love this book so much that I just listened to it three times in a uccession. The characters are so real, and Jane Smiley understands the horse world because she is a horseman. One of my favorite books of all time.

Horse Heaven=Pure Heaven

Jane Smiley demonstrates her brilliance in this book, illustrating similarities between the horses and the people who own, breed, train, and race them. And Shelley Thompson is a truly engaging narrator. It was a great experience!

Loved this so much - but I'm a horse nut

I cannot tell you how this book influenced my life! An absolute sensational read. Love Shelly Thompson, love Just A Bob, what a fabulous book. Bless you Jane Smiley!!! I love horses, so I suppose why I love this.

This book gallops home!

As a person involved in competitive horse events who used to be involved in the sport of thoroughbred racing, I found this book both factually accurate and enjoyable. It is factually accurate in that many of the things described in the book, horse care, the way owners treat their animals etc, are true to life for the time of the book. Most of the characters were likeable, though a few ere sometimes annoying. The animal characters were portrayed very well, but not overly humanised. Incidentally, Mr. T, the telepathic horse, is featured in the nonfiction book written by the author called A Year At the Races, also available on Audible.