Beschreibung:
Hazel Southam had been scared of horses since childhood, but a huge horse called Duke was about to change her life for the better. As a successful journalist, Hazel had been used to fear - reporting on areas recovering from war, famine, disease, and poverty. Then devastation struck closer to home. Her father's dementia grew worse and the strain of looking after him caused her mother to have a stroke. In the middle of settling her father into a care home, Hazel caught a fever in Africa and the resulting disease threatened not only her health, but also her livelihood. To get through the hardest year of her life, Hazel turned to a horse called Duke. Gradually, to her surprise, riding him through the Hampshire countryside became an unexpected source of comfort and solace. This is the heart-warming story of that year.