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Book Review of Broken: A Love Story

Broken: A Love Story
Broken: A Love Story
Author: Lisa Jones
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Book Type: Hardcover
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Helpful Score: 3


Not what I was expecting. For some reason, both the cover of the book and the inside flap lead me to believe that this was a book very much in the vein of Chosen by a Horse by Susan Richards. But for me, it very much missed that mark.

In another long line of women trying to find themselves type of book, Jones a freelance writer, goes to the Wind River Indian Reservation to meet the enigmatic Stanford Addison. Though he is wheelchair bound he guides others to gentle horses and claims that he can heal damaged humans. Well, of course, a woman trying to find herself is drawn to that and so Jones' story begins.

Not that this is a bad story, but when you were expecting something else it just sits wrong with you wrong. Next time I will do a little more research before I pick out another book.