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Smart Ass

How a Donkey Challenged Me to Accept His True Nature & Rediscover My Own

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Smart Ass

By: Margaret Winslow
Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
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Sports car, Italian villa, inappropriate love interest? Not for author Margaret Winslow, an overworked college professor in New York City. She met midlife agita not head-on, but ass-on, fulfilling a childhood curiosity about donkeys by answering a for-sale ad for a "Large White Saddle Donkey" in the American Donkey and Mule Society's magazine, The Brayer. Hilarity ensues, alongside life-threatening injuries and spirit-enriching insight.

As listeners walk with Winslow and Caleb the donkey through training traumas, expert-baffling antics, and humiliating races, they also share in the author's gradual understanding of Caleb's true, undeniable gifts: a willingness to "speak truth to power", to trust, and to forgive. Winslow incorporates these lessons into her life, and as Caleb and Winslow learn to thrive, listeners not only cheer them on but also learn a thing or three about being true to their own pure and powerful self.

©2018 Margaret Winslow (P)2018 Tantor Horses Personal Development Personal Success Pets & Animal Care
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I kept hoping this book would get better. it is supposed to be about a woman who grows to understand the true beautiful nature of donkeys and how that allows her to grow. 98% of the book is a description of her struggles with her donkey Caleb who, in my opinion, is completely misunderstood and treated cruely. She had good intentions but even at the end I'm not convinced she really grew to understand very much about her donkey because in the acknowledgments she thanks the people who showed him most cruelty. What this book did make me see was how forgiving and patient Caleb was when faced with an owner who only really cared about herself. I found it sad and depressing. Not a book I would recommend.

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