Horse Woman: Notes on Living Well & Riding Better

by Lee McLean

Lee McLean was born to ride ... and to write. In these pages, you will enter the world of a master horsewoman and ride with her through the seasons of the year, and the ages and stages of life. The stories come from a riding journal kept for over forty-five years, and the best of her Keystone Equine blogs. Distilled into one year, but made up of many, they reflect a life lived in the saddle. As much about human nature as about horses, this book will become a resource you turn to, again and again. It offers sound technical advice, paired with storytelling, humour and the gift of healing. “Destined to become a classic. I wish I’d had a copy when I was a girl.” – Adrian ‘Buckaroogirl’ Brannan, Author and Singer “She inspires us to be more in tune with our horse partners … and quite possibly, to be better people because of it.” – Gary Rempel, 2009 Canadian Cowboy of the Year “Lee McLean is a friend and colleague who I consider to be one of the most knowledgeable women in the horse world today. She is authentic and common sense prevails, as you will come to understand, while reading Horse Woman.” – Cub Wright, 2008 Canadian Open Cutting Champion

226 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 11, 2020

Reviews

[Jessica M. · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve been following Lee on Facebook for a number of years and more often than not, her writing resonated with me. When I learned she had written books, I ordered them immediately.

She writes in a way that feels like she’s having a conversation with a friend, telling a story and teaching all rolled into one. There is seriousness, lighthearted moments and down right laughter.

[Anne Cotton · Rating 3 out of 5]

My brother gave me this book as a Christmas present because I have recently started learning to ride Western. So on that basis alone it gets 10/10 because I adore my brother.
But if I were to rate it more objectively I’m afraid I would say it doesn’t quite work. It needs to decide what it is. It needs to either be a story of the author’s life with horses, OR it needs to be a guide on training horses. Either would work very well and make for a very interesting enjoyable book. But it is in a sort of middle ground which just really doesn’t make it enjoyable as a read or useful as a reference book.

[Alison Moss]

This was a wonderful book - it took me a while to really get interested, but once I did Lee's thoughts really resonated with me.

[Karolina]

Loved this book!

[Teri · Rating 4 out of 5]

I received this as a Xmas gift from a very good friend.

You will enjoy it too!