Lady Joe

By Mark Saha

Only Jim Harrison's wife could save him now, but she had no use for Lee and was divorcing Jim. "This book touched my heart." - Goodreads

Somebody left Lee Estes in charge of the Walker place while the trainers are on the road and he manages to lose a champion cutting horse scheduled to be picked up by a buyer. The unsophisticated buyer only wants Lady Joe as a trophy horse to impress clients at a prestigious law firm, so Lee buys a cheap no-talent blue roan lookalike. When the buyer tells Lee to enter the animal in a weekend cutting for a photo op, he must scramble to find a blue roan cutter to substitute for his bogus horse.

By chance, the only such animal around belongs to Jim Harrison's wife, who has no use for Lee and is about to divorce Jim. Lee persuades his best friend since high school there is opportunity here to save his marriage.

Things quickly go haywire in this humorous misadventure that takes an affectionate look at the sport of cutting and makes a trenchant comment on the future of the horse in a world where it is no longer essential to everyday life.

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READERS SAY:

-- "I'm pretty sure I grew up with these guys." - Goodreads

-- "This book was totally worth my time. I plan to read it again one day." - Goodreads

-- "I couldn't help thinking about Huck Finn] when in the first pages of Lady Joe, Lee Estes never even considers telling the truth about how he lost his boss's prized cutting horse.... The hilarious tale is told with Twainian humor and warmth as well as a bit of nostalgia." - Amazon reviewer

-- "The predicament the characters put themselves in kept me reading and waiting for what was inevitably going to go south." -- Goodreads

-- "I am not a person who takes chances or even contemplates doing something outside the law but reading about the mischief these two guys keep getting into was funny. I kept thinking, 'Oh no ' and 'What next ' It's a fun read." - Goodreads

-- "Great dialogue makes this a true joyride." - Amazon review

-- "Saha's writing is as down to earth as his two lead characters, and his plot is inspired." -- Goodreads review

"Pure Americana " - Goodreads review

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1511865431
• ISBN13: 9781511865432
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.0"