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Thickwood

by Gayle M. Smith
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781989398340
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Shadowpaw Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Shadowpaw Press
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 400
  • Original Price: GBP 17.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 504 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Small Town & Rural, Sports, and Animals

"Some peoples call you misisahk. It means horsefly. You fly with the horses . . . you're small, with a big bite."

Raised on a ranch in Saskatchewan's rugged Thickwood Hills, where the prairie transitions to forest, Willomena Swift, home from playing for the Rockford Peaches of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, finds a precious foal killed by a rogue stallion.

The stallion's owner, once Willo's baseball coach, now chairs the committee heading up the new cooperative pasture-a pasture that is set to swallow her family lease, where she grew up, learned to love and understand horses, and dreamed of returning to raise them.

Facing numerous challenges with both the stallion and his owner, Willo remembers her past years playing professional baseball as she struggles to realize her dreams in the present.

Amid romance and tragedy, Willo must find a way to stand on her own and assert her rightful place in her beloved Thickwood.

Smith, Gayle M.: -

GAYLE M. SMITH grew up in Alberta. She distinctly remembers her family life on a mixed subsistence farm in central Alberta where, as a young child, she developed a love for animals, especially horses, and a love for reading and writing illustrated stories.

.In 1989, Gayle married a Saskatchewan farmer and settled into rural life to raise three children, numerous crops, purebred and commercial cattle, and horses. Gayle and her husband used the local PFRA (Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration) Federal pasture program for their commercial cattle. They also used their horses to gather and trail their cattle to various home pastures.

Gayle was accepted into the 2011 Saskatchewan Writers' Guild Mentorship program, where she first draftedl Thickwood. Gayle has also been a member of a writer's group for more than ten years. In 2015, Gayle graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a Master of Fine Arts in Writing.

Yearly wilderness pack trips in Northern Saskatchewan with her horses inspire her writing. She also rides in the mountains, competes in numerous equestrian events, and owns and operates a horse boarding facility. Gayle's love of the environment, history, and adventure shines in her writing. She daily interacts with her beloved partner, her family, her horses, and her rural home, while contemplating and exploring through her writing the struggle and dilemma of being human.

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