Mare by Emily Haworth-Booth #foliosociety supported by more than 100

supported by more than 100 illustrations

This dazzling array of not-to-be-messed-with characters from a lost tradition of European myth and folklore - from ungainly giantesses and sequin-strewn fairy godmothers to misunderstood witches and craggy crones - provides inspiration for how women can walk boldly and live authentically in the second half of life

BloomsburyISBN: 9781408890042Extent: 352 pages

one of day - have waged war for centuries over a forbidden love and a long-lost prince of sun and starlight

January is a hopeless romantic who narrates her life like she's the lead in a blockbuster movie

Mare by Emily Haworth-Booth #foliosociety supported by more than 100'For a long time I had not been that person. For a long time horses had not occurred to me at all.' For a long time, she and her husband have their dog and she almost certainly doesn't want to have a child. But then the dog dies and she learns she can't have a child even if she wanted to, and she begins to think about horses again. When she hears about a mare who needs looking after part time, it sounds like an ideal arrangement. Something to care for