Gidget -- The Horse I didn't Own - Paperback

by Alex McGilvery (Editor), Vicky S. Kaseorg (Author)

Have you ever longed for something you know you cannot have? A young teen struggles in her desire to own her horse, despite the financial impossibility for her family. She volunteers at a run-down farm in exchange for riding her favorite horse, and plots how to one day buy Gidget. Meanwhile, she is tormented by the farm owner's son, and gradually uncovers the mysterious source of his anger. Gidget's miraculous foal with a most unusual marking helps bring healing and understanding in this book about confronting struggles. Filled with humor and pathos, all ages will relate to facing overwhelming trials in life that ultimately break us or mold us to become the people we were meant to be.

Author Biography

Vicky Kaseorg, describes when she first knew she would become an author: "I used to ride my horse through the neighborhood, though all the neighbors could see was a girl on a blue bicycle. My brain rarely paused in the internal narration of stories. I should have known I would either end up in an institution, or become a writer." Kaseorg, born in Pennsylvania in 1956, studied art and writing at Binghamton University, and became a professional artist early in her career. She went on to graduate school at USC Los Angeles where she studied Occupational Therapy. She owned her own Occupational Therapy practice for many years in NY, and with the birth of her prodigiously gifted first son, began homeschooling. She has bicycled across the USA, run a marathon, completed a biathalon, learned to ski at age 50, successfully graduated all three children from homeschool to prestigious universities, yet still feels the most difficult task she has ever had to accomplish "is living a consistent, righteous life before God and my family."