The Lady - Hardcover

McCaffrey, Anne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0345336755 ISBN 13: 9780345336750

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 1987

Synopsis

In the horse country of contemporary Ireland, two young women--Catriona Carradyne, a thirteen-year-old who yearns to ride her family's showhorses, and Selina Healey, a young wife seeking escape from a miserable marriage--look for a better life

About this title

About the Author:

Anne McCaffrey, one of the world's most popular authors, is best known for her Dragonriders of Pern(R) series. She was the first woman to win the two top prizes for science fiction writing, the Hugo and Nebula awards. She was also given the American Library Association's Margaret A. Edwards Award for Lifetime Literary Achievement in Young Adult Fiction, was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame, and was named a Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1926, McCaffrey relocated to Ireland in the 1970s, where she lived in a house of her own design, named Dragonhold-Underhill. She died in 2011.

From the Inside Flap:

They are the Caradynes, who for over 200 years have bred and trained horses of the finest caliber on Coernanagh. But all is not idyllic at hearth and home. Catriona, the youngest child, longs to ride her family's big jumpers and show horses. Her father Michael, recognizes her gift, but her mother hates the very idea. All is in a stalemate until Lady Selina Healy enters their lives, and provides for Catriona and her father a stunning example of how the reins of power can be held by a glorious, fearless woman.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0345336755
• ISBN 13: 9780345336750
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1