On the farmland along the Missouri River in the years after World War II. Nora Mahler led a good life boarding horses on her family's ranch. But when her son Simon is killed in a riding accident, her marriage and the world she has made herself are shattered. Her husband, Neal, dismantles her business and sends the horses away, insisting that Nora sell the farm and move to Chicago. She refuses. Neal leaves her, taking their daughter Clea with him.
Soon after they've gone, Ozzie Kline, a horse wrangler who has yearned for Nora since they were teenage lovers, comes to help her rebuild the farm. With Ozzie and Malaak, the mare they train together, Nora catches a glimpse of the happiness she never knew with Neal.
Night Ride Home is the story of how Nora seeks to claim the life she longs to lead and how she and Ozzie seizetheir second chance at love and the opportunity to rediscover extraordinary passion.
Hardback: Harcourt Brace, 1997 (ISBN 0-15-100288-6)
New in Paperback, September 1998
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