If Wishes Were Horses, by John Perrotta
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If Wishes Were Horses, by John Perrotta
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Hamilton Greer is a sixteen year old runaway from Vermont... He hops a Greyhound bus and flees a rocky home life as he seeks validation in a world he barely understands. Ending up on the backstretch of Saratoga Race Track in the summer of 1972 is the last place he expects to land, but it opens doors to the unique world of Thoroughbred racing as he follows the horses from track to track in the company of a sage named Willie. Sometimes light, sometimes dark, Hamilton's tastes of life begin to shape his sense of values through bittersweet victories and tearful losses...
If Wishes Were Horses, by John Perrotta- Amazon Sales Rank: #1420314 in Books
- Published on: 2015-09-18
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .80" w x 6.00" l, 1.05 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 354 pages
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Another glimpse of race track life ... By Rob Whiteley Those of us who have experience "holding on and turning left" will inhale this book.Others unfamiliar with the race-track backstretch life and lingo will still find this book to be an informative and enjoyable glimpse into a unique, captivating, and often addicting world.Someone without race-track knowledge might find the author's first book, Racetracker, to be a good first-read before starting If Wishes Were Horses and sharing a ride with Perrotta's youthful main character (Ham) as he sets out on his eventful existential journey to find himself.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. An inspirational tale of mentor and student set in the exciting world of thoroughbred racing! By Peter Shea Whether you are a true “ractracker,” a “railbird” or just want a wonderful extended coming-of-age story, this is it. Author Perrotta has literally written the book on the culture of thoroughbred racing (Racetracker, 2014.) The fact that he, except for being a jockey, has done just about every job there is in the sport, allows him to bring 16-year-old Hamilton “Ham” Greer to vivid life. You can smell the turf, feel the heat in the shedrows, and get track mud kicked in your face. The “mentor and the student” are power literary archetypes, and Ham’s “Willie” is a match to The Karate Kid’s Mr. Miata, Thoreau’s Emerson, or Arthur’s Merlin. The story is set in the exciting world of the thoroughbred race track and its farms, with all its characters, from wealthy patrons to the stall sweepers. We can follow the ups and downs of a young man, who inspired and tutored by Willie, keeps his moral compass pointing to the north star in a culture in which there are so many opportunities to do wrong. The hope and victories of succeeding after repeatedly starting from scratch is inspirational. The last few lines gave me goose pimples. Buy this book!
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Excellent Storytelling! By East Coast Kid John Perrotta's extensive knowledge of the transient, sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes inspiring world of racetrackers is quite evident in this, his most recent work. He has an uncanny knack of developing a storyline that incorporates historical facts with a fictional character so as to leave the reader with a sense that it may have actually happened. Anyone who is familiar with the backstretch of racetracks and has spent a considerable amount of time in that environment knows of someone whose life at the track has faced the many twists and turns and ups and downs that Ham's does in the novel. It may not be a true story, but it definitely could be. As a racetracker, it brought back many lost memories. As a human being, it made me think about the good and bad in people, and just how lucky I have been to be a part of it. Regardless of whether or not an individual understands the world of horse racing, the reader will thoroughly enjoy reading about the trials and travails of the main character in the book.
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