Breaking Free

by Lauraine Snelling

Overview

Bestselling author Lauraine Snelling crafts a poignant story of hope and restoration for a newly paroled mother rebuilding her life after the loss of her son. Maggie Roberts is starting over again after her reckless driving led to a 10-year prison sentence and the devastating loss of her son. Having learned to repurpose retired thoroughbred racehorses through an inmate training program, Maggie finds a way to rebuild her life. But it's not until she meets single father Gil Winters and his wheelchair-bound son, Edward, that she finds her calling. In helping Edward with his therapy using horses, Maggie finds herself coming to life again. But when a shadow from the past returns, Maggie is forced to choose between her newfound freedom and getting Edward the life-saving help he needs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780446582087
Publisher:	FaithWords
Publication date:	08/21/2007
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	248,384
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Lauriane Snelling has been writing since 1980, with over sixty-five books published, both fiction and non-fiction, historical and contemporary, for adults and young readers. She received a Career Achievement Award for inspirational fiction from RT Book Reviews and her books consistently appear on CBA bestseller lists. A hallmark of her style is writing about real issues within a compelling story. Lauraine and her husband, Wayne, have two grown sons and live in the Tehachapi Mountains in California with a Bassett Hound named Sir Winston.

Editorial Reviews

"Snelling can certainly charm."—Publishers Weekly

"Snelling's fast-paced novel has characters who seek help in the wrong places. It takes a raging storm for the for them to see that the help they needed was right in front of them the whole time. This is a strong, believable story."—-RT Book Reviews, ****, on Wake the Dawn

"Snelling writes about the foibles of human nature with keen insight and sweet honesty."—National Church Library Association

"REUNION is a captivating tale that will hook you from the very start....Fans of Christian fiction will love this touching story."
—FreshFiction.com on Reunion

From the Publisher

"REUNION is a captivating tale that will hook you from the very start....Fans of Christian fiction will love this touching story."

FreshFiction.com on Reunion

"Snelling writes about the foibles of human nature with keen insight and sweet honesty."

National Church Library Association

This horse-centered romance by inspirational novelist Snelling (A Promise for Ellie) is tedious and not the author's best work. As it opens, Maggie Roberts is serving time in prison for an unnamed crime; although the details aren't spelled out until the end of the novel, most readers will put the pieces together long before. Maggie is enrolled in a new, experimental program that offers prisoners the chance to work with retired racehorses. Before she knows it, Maggie has helped rehabilitate a horse (not so subtly named Breaking Free), and she might be fast-tracked for parole, if only she can secure a job on the outside. Enter Gil Winters. Abandoned by his ex-wife, he's heroically raising a precocious son, Eddie, who, despite suffering from spina bifida, has learned to ride. Gil would buy Eddie his own horse, but he'd need to hire a caretaker for the animal as well. Throw in that Maggie's divorced and Gil is lonely, and the plot isn't hard to predict. Still, the characters have a bit of depth, and the tale of faith, forgiveness and starting over may find a readership with Snelling's many diehard fans. (Aug.)

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Publishers Weekly

This complex horse-centered romance gets a warm, fuzzy audio treatment. Maggie Roberts is serving time in prison for a reckless driving accident that killed her son. She enrolls in an experimental program that allows her to work with retired thoroughbred racehorses. Pam Ward manages to beautifully express Maggie's life, suggesting her powerful emotions of hope, fear, distrust, and love. When Maggie meets Gil Winters and his wheelchair-bound son, Edward, she begins to rebuild her life. Ward is equally adept at reading male, female, and child roles. Her poignant pacing allows listeners to fully empathize with Maggie and Gil's emotions. S.C.A. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine

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