Böcker av Karen Vanderlaan

Special Friends is a tender story of a very young child living away from her home with her grandmother and a very old pony who was also sent away from her home. The two live on the same farm and form a very sweet bond. Crystal and Elyssa become the best of friends. The photographs are of the real-life Crystal and Elyssa.

As a young girl on the idyllic Milky Way Farm, author Karen Vanderlaan initially believes life is full of magic, wonder, and horses. All too quickly, however, her innocence is lost when her mother gets involved with an abusive, manipulative woman named Bunny. Bunny subjects Karen and her younger siblings to unspeakable cruelties--all in the name of God. Karens spirit is deeply scarred by Bunnys inhumanity, but the adversity serves to solidify in Karen an inner strength and calmness that carry her through even greater challenges later in life. Karens story is at once uplifting and heart-wrenching. It reveals the best and worst of human