{"product_id":"perfectly-themselves-horses-in-the-human-world-abby-letteri","title":"Perfectly Themselves : Horses in the Human World - Abby Letteri","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWhen Abby Letteri first encountered free-living horses,\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eshe realised that her whole life she’d been looking at horses without actually seeing them. Wild horses spend their lives building and maintaining social bonds, moving together in synchrony, their communication constant and subtle. In domestication, we isolate them – move them from paddock to stable to yard – separating them from their companions for our convenience, then find them fragile, anxious and difficult to handle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eAn immersive and transporting memoir, \u003ci\u003ePerfectly Themselves \u003c\/i\u003eoffers intimate portraits of horses living freely\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein the company of their own kind, from Aotearoa to the Outer Hebrides, Iceland and Mongolia. Underpinning Letteri’s research is a question sparked by a 33,000-year-old carved horse that seems alive with vitality and ease: what did we once know about horses that we have forgotten?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003ePart travel narrative, part intellectual inquiry and part personal reckoning, \u003ci\u003ePerfectly Themselves \u003c\/i\u003echallenges long-held assumptions about human–horse relationships, inviting readers into a more compassionate way of seeing them – not as objects of human desire, but as beings perfect in \u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003ethemselves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e'Endlessly illuminating and stunningly told, this book changes the way we see horses. With descriptive beauty and moral clarity, Abby Letteri sets out new ways of being alongside non-human lives. A profound work.’ —Damien Wilkins\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e'This book had my heart from the very first chapter. A brilliant exploration of the bond between human and horse, which has even changed my relationships with my own horses.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"outlook-search-highlight\"\u003eAli\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"outlook-search-highlight\"\u003eMau\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing\"\u003e 'An extraordinary book—at once earthy and lyrical, deeply researched, and rich with personal experience. I couldn’t put it down!' —Rebecca Priestley\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e200 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"EmmasatOxford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49198174306458,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/9024\/8009\/files\/9781776923236PerfectlyThemselves.jpg?v=1788923233","url":"https:\/\/emmasatoxford.pro\/products\/perfectly-themselves-horses-in-the-human-world-abby-letteri","provider":"EmmasatOxford","version":"1.0","type":"link"}