She Flies Without Wings | Free Book

She Flies Without Wings | Free Book

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How Horses Touch a Woman's Soul
Publisher:Random House Publishing Group
Published:December 2008
ISBN:9780307490865
Title:She Flies Without Wings
Author:Mary D. Midkiff
Imprint:Delta
Language:English
Number of Pages:288
From a renowned horsewoman and gifted storyteller comes this groundbreaking new book that explores a powerful relationship like no other: the magical kinship between women and horses.

Drawing from myth and literature, the author’s own experiences, and interviews with countless women, we learn, through women’s deeply personal stories, how horses enrich our lives and connect us to nature–making us readers of rhythm and invisible signs, helping us harness our youthful sexuality, sharing the “horsepower” we need to reach our dreams. And here we see how, for thousands of years, the deep kinship between women and horses has connected us to our most intimate feelings of delight, helped us learn to solve problems, and set our creativity free.

From the poetry of Geoffrey Chaucer to the fiction of Jane Austen to folktales from around the world, She Flies Without Wings uses great literature and myth to encompass a wide spectrum of beliefs and perspectives–and creates a true celebration of speed, air, and the spectacular animal that connects us with both.

Filled with the moving lessons–-about sensuality, commitment, power, nurturance, and spirituality–women riders have known for centuries, written with a loving hand by an expert equestrian, She Flies Without Wings is an eloquent paean to a pairing that enlivened history, inspired literature, and continues to enchant us all.

In The Press

As a young girl riding a broomstick pony, my imagination carried me into the skies. Now that I'm a woman, my imagination continues to take wing when I ride—

On my Theo's back, I am Joan of Arc riding into battle or Annie Oakley dazzling the Queen of England in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. I am a goddess soaring to the heavens, a pioneer woman crossing the Great Plains, a feudal lady escaping the castle walls for an afternoon—

If we let them, horses can carry us out of the arena of sameness and into new worlds of possibility—


— from She Flies Without Wings

"By including passages of breathless admiration, love and obsession, she allows a rare view of horse-based compulsion ... [the author defines what] horses have brought into her own and other women's lives ... namely a liberating sense of self-acceptance."
Publishers Weekly


About the Author

Mary D. Midkiff is the creator of Women and Horses, an equestrian fitness program. She has been conducting presentations and clinics around the world for the past ten years. She is also the president of Equestrian Resources, a marketing film specializing in the promotion of show, sport, and recreational horse activities. She is the author of Fitness, Performance, and the Female Equestrian, and lives in Boulder, Colorado.

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