The Outside of a Horse by Ginny Rorby

I was expecting a sweet little horse read, but instead feel like I should start a rescue horse stable! The reader learns about Canadian Premarin horse stables, where pregnant mares are cooped up and their urine is used to create human hormone replacement therapies. Their colts are destroyed and the filled are impregnated to join their mothers.

Add in the stats for racehorses dying and I'm glad I'm human.

And, oh, there are characters, too! Hannah's dad is back from Iraq missing part of his leg and he isn't taking it well. He drinks too much, suffers from PTSD, and ruins relationships with his second wife and Hannah. Hannah doesn't have any friends becuase of her craxy dad and finds shelter at a neighboring horse stable. There, she mucks stalls for free and learns to care for horses and train them the Parelli way. The horses save Hannah and her father, with physical therapy and learning how to let go.