There is something about horses that draws humans in a way nothing else can. Their elegance, their kindness, and their humor are often unexpected and always weave a spell. Sometimes the attraction seems elemental and irresistible. For those moments when it seems a horse is likely to find its way into your life for the first time, this book is the ideal guide, shield, and source of solace. No matter how hard we try to avoid it, for some of us, horses simply happen Friedman offers realistic and well-researched suggestions for what to do when one happens to you and advice on how to keep laughing while your mind slips silently away at the end of a lead rope.