"Susanna Forrest grew up in the 1980s near Norwich, and like many a girl, she yearned for a pony. She was never to get one, but this didn't stop her becoming obsessed with all things equine. If Wishes Were Ponies is the story of that all-consuming interest, and of the author's nerve-wracked attempts later in life to ride once again. However, as Susanna Forrest's journey unfolds, it leads her to horse-obsessed princesses, recovering crack addicts, courtesans, warriors, pink-obsessed schoolgirls, national heroines and runaways across the ages. From girl-riders of the Bronze Age, to lavishly adorned equestrian Victorians and twenty-first-century children on horseback in Brixton, she explores the development of this Pony Cult from its earliest times to the present day.
Title: If wishes were ponies
Subtitle: a memoir of equine obsession
Contributors:
By (author)
Susanna Forrest
ISBN 13: 9780857891273
ISBN 10: 0857891278
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Imprint: Atlantic Books
Publication Date: 1/04/2012
Place of Publication:
London,
United Kingdom
Edition:
BIC Subjects:
Biography & autobiography
NBS Classification: Equestrian & Animal Sports
Dewey Classification:
798.2309
(DC23)
Format: Hardback
Pages: 228
Height: 210mm
Width: 148mm