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Kick the Latch
Kick the Latch | Kathryn Scanlan
9 posts | 8 read | 6 to read
About one woman's fine, hard life at the racetrack, Kick the Latch-with its ruthless concision and artful mysteries-is lightning in a bottle
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LeahBergen
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@Cathythoughts ! Thank you for this wonderful birthday package!

The books both sound amazing and I‘m thrilled to get a copy of your husband‘s folk opera (signed, to me, too… Thanks, John!). And what a sweet little bookmark and card. I love it all, my dear friend! 😘😘

squirrelbrain Ooh, I loved The Safekeep! ❤️ 3w
BarbaraBB Me too! 3w
MaureenMc Happy birthday! 3w
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youneverarrived How nice 😍 3w
LeahBergen @MaureenMc Thank you! 😘 3w
LeahBergen @youneverarrived So nice! 🥰 3w
Cathythoughts Happy Birthday Leah ❤️ Have a lovely day. I‘m so delighted you like your presents … I look forward to your thoughts on the Safekeep .. whenever you may get there. Lots of love to you on your birthday Xxx❤️ 3w
LeahBergen @Cathythoughts Thanks again, Cathy. You are always so thoughtful! 🥰 3w
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Bookbuyingaddict
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A short novella retellings of interviews and storiesa from the stable hands and people behind the scenes of racing , the love and devotion to these wonderful animals and also snippets of those who own and don‘t care . A great little read easily done in one day

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Kick the Latch is a tight wee novella, told in vignettes about a horse trainer. It‘s easily the best book I‘ve read this year. Super tight, clean prose, excellent as both a character portrait and a story about the horse racing industry, excellent for readers that aren‘t interested in horses as much as those who are. Loved it.

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Kazzie
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What an amazing, strange book! Biographical, but first person. And a cool insight into a completely foreign world. Would recommend!!

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Mitch
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A collection of brilliantly observed small vignettes set in the world of horse-racing. It‘s visceral & brutal, unromantic & passionate. A life dedicated to horses is narrated from lived experience & it‘s those small interactions that build across this slim novel to create a rich portrait of a single life, a culture & a world. Love the style, deeply creative and unpretentious, sentences are scant but at the same time brimming with evocative detail.

rockpools Sounds good. You find such interesting reads!! 2y
Bklover What a lovely review! 2y
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Mitch
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There should be a special work for that first hour of the day - before the to do list, work, and general interference kicks in and you can hide in a book. ♥️

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Mitch
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Easy bookmark choice for my next read (a day pass from a local racehorse museum and horse retraining & retirement facility!)

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bookishbitch
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This was so interesting! I loved the prose and I loved how much was conveyed in the stories. It really gives an insider view of life in the horse racing industry, warts and all. I also loved that it started with the MC's childhood, and continued to include her life off the track as well. I would read more by this author.

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Kerry_Am
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Kick the Latch feels like trading stories over beers at a dive bar with the tough old bird I‘ve always wanted to be. Despite my mother‘s best efforts I never was a horse girl, but this book made me catch a little fomo for life on the backstretch. #wwnorton #newdirections #kathrynscanland #kickthelatch