Author(s): Lizzie Spender

Australiana

First published as a hardback in 2005, Wild Horse Diaries is coming in May 2007 as a B-format paperback.From a helicopter skimming above the trees in the outback of Western Australia, Lizzie Spender looked out and saw wild horses galloping below. She was told she could take her pick of the mob, but she would have to catch the horse and train it. This offer would fulfil her dream of a lifetime, but there were obstacles at every turn. And as Lizzie discovered, finding the horse again was only the start of the story.Lizzie has added an epilogue that brings her story up to date. She writes about training the horses, and her battle with cancer. She was diagnosed on the same day that she rode her horse for the first time.