Book Discussion: Horse by Geraldine Brooks

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Book Discussion

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Adults
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A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history. From these strands, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history.

Kentucky, 1850. Jarrett, an enslaved groom, and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. As the nation erupts in civil war, a young artist, who has made his name painting the racehorse, takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, far from the glamor of any racetrack.

Washington, DC, 2019. Jess, a scientist from Australia, and Theo, a Nigerian-American art historian, find themselves drawn to one another through their shared interest in the horse.

Based on the remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred, Lexington, who became America's greatest stud sire, "Horse" is a gripping, multi-layered reckoning with the legacy of enslavement and racism in America.

 

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