# Help me identify this book I read long ago **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 15, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-book-i-read-long-ago/437821 "2008-02-15T22:37:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-book-i-read-long-ago/437821/1 "2008-02-15T22:37:30Z")
I was lent a book by my mother when I was a kid. Like, 12 or 13. All I can remember about it was that it was about a woman who returned to her hometown after a long time of being away, and found that her brother had made a lot of money. Eventually, though, she discovers that he made the money by injuring racehorses (presumably for the Mafia or something.) I remember it talks about how he used a steel pipe to break the horse’s legs. This is all I can remember of the book. And if I recall correctly, there’s a much larger plot and other stuff going on too - the horse-injuring thing is just a part of it. Anyone know what book this was? I think it was fairly recent at the time (1997-98 or so.) ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-book-i-read-long-ago/437821/2 "2008-02-15T22:59:14Z")
Was it _The Horse Whisperer: The Early Years_? ---
**Author:** ![Surok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Surok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surok)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-book-i-read-long-ago/437821/3 "2008-02-15T23:17:14Z")
Can’t help, I’m afraid, but if no-one here comes up with anything, you might want to try [What’s the name of that book?](http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/185.What_s_The_Name_of_That_Book_), a group over at [goodreads.com](http://goodreads.com).