Not Quite a Horsewoman

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This delightful and enduringly popular book with illustrations by Anne Pilgrim has become an all-time favourite. Engagingly witty endearingly frank sometimes surprising but always amusing Caroline Akrill reveals the frequent disasters and occasional triumphs of her long association with the world of horses. A book which will strike a chord with every horsewoman.

Publisher: J.A.Allen
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 208
Author: Caroline Akrill
Author Notes: Caroline Akrill grew up with ponies and a liking for the classic pony books, such as Silver Snaffles and the Jill series. She has seen shows from various angles as a competitor, as a professional and as a parent and has drawn on these experiences in her writing. Prior to writing her career was also pony-filled, from running a riding school and stables to being a horse dealer. Caroline Akrill's writing career began with articles for various publications, such as Pony Magazine. It was in Pony that her stories were published for the first time, firstly short stories and then a serial. This was published as I'd Rather Not Gallop in 1975, as the opening novel in a trilogy based on Akrill's own showing career. Following this success with another, Caroline wrote her hugely popular Eventing Trilogy. These books, along with the later Silver Bridle Trilogy, are all humorous and it is in this way that they are unusual in the world of pony books. However it is Flying Changes, Akrill's only non-humorous pony story, which is the most unusual. Originally intended as a book for adults, it is very dark, filled with hurt and tragedy very uncommon in the world of pony books. Caroline Akrill then spent 20 years as a publisher of horse stories, and she and her husband now run a gorgeous hotel in Conwy, North Wales.