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The horse Susan Richards chose for rescue wouldnt be corralled into her waiting trailer Instead Lay Me Down a former racehorse with a foal close on her heels walked right up that ramp and into Susans life This gentle creaturemalnourished plagued by pneumonia and an eye infectionhad endured a rough road but somehow her heart was still open and generous It seemed fated that she would come into Susans paddock and teach her how to embrace the joys of life despite the dangers of livingAn elegant and often heartbreaking tale filled with animal characters as complicated and lively as their human counterparts this is an inspiring story of courage and hope and the ways in which all loveeven an animalshas the power to heal
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Susan Richards was born December 12, 1949 in New York City and was raised in Rye, NY. When Richards was five, her mother, Marguerite Richards, died of leukemia, and her father, Peter Richards, abandoned Richards and her older brother, Lloyd. Richards and
