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BOOK REVIEW: Horse: A Novel by Geraldine Brooks

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Publication Date:  June 14, 2022 Format:  Kindle Genre:   Historical Fiction  Publisher:  Viking Length:  413 pages Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis Kentucky, 1850 . An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name on paintings of the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamor of any racetrack.    New York City, 1954 . Martha Jackson, a gallery owner celebrated for taking risks on edgy contemporary painters, becomes obsessed with a nineteenth-century equest...