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'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...
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Description
'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 two days a week, without getting in too deep.
But as she brushes, feeds, and rides the horse, affection grows into obsession, and she must confront what it means to love a being who did not come from her body and who does not belong to her.
Emily Haworth-Booth's award-winning debut novel, Mare, is a bold and beautiful exploration of contemporary (non)motherhood and the surprising ways in which desire can enthral us and set us free.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781803512808
Publisher: Granta Books
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 12 March 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Granta Books
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 138.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 288
About the Author
Emily Haworth-Booth teaches at the Royal Drawing School and is an illustrator, graphic novelist and children's author. She was a Foyles Young Poet, and won the Observer/Cape/Comica graphic short story prize. Her debut picture book The King Who Banned the Dark was shortlisted for the Waterstones' Children's Book Prize and Independent Bookshop Week Book Award, and longlisted for the Kate Greenaway Prize. She is also the author of two other books for children, The Last Tree and Protest! She lives in Devon with her husband, dog, and several horses.
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