Posted by A Love Story of Horses & Africa
(This is the updated Second Edition May 2023)
An unexpected liaison with an African horseman builds a courageous and tender-strong bridge across classic cultural divides. The backdrop is present-day Zimbabwe in all its political, economic and ecological complexities. Oriane Lee Johnston’s memoir takes the reader from her island home on the west coast of Canada into southern Africa as it is today, exploring ethical relations with land, with culture, the sacred and the human heart. “Absolutely no doubt about this, Oriane Lee Johnston is a gifted writer. Her memoir reveals, with anguished directness at times, the longing for identity after a dramatic life-shift. The reader applauds her, is intimidated by and in awe of her courage, her openness to experience, and her many very real gifts of character. This is a lovely, deeply touching and above all, a serious book about the possibilities in life that many of us close ourselves off to, far too soon.” —Sharon Butala, author of The Perfection of the Morning.
Author Biography
Oriane Lee Johnston lives on Cortes Island, in the west coast temperate rain forest of BC, Canada. Horses have taken her riding in the sacred mountains of Ecuador, swimming in the Indian Ocean, on safari into the Okavango Delta of Botswana, and to the legendary wild herds of the Nemaiah Valley in BC’s Chilcotin Country. Former program director for Hollyhock Leadership Centre, Oriane Lee initiated and produced Compassion in Action retreats for environmental and social justice advocates and activists. Her writing has appeared in The Zambezi Traveler, Harare Magazine and Canadian Horse Journals, and in the online journals Ecology.com, Voicesforbiodiversity.org, Equitrekking.com and Lifeasahuman.org.
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www.orianelee.com
ISBN – 9781777149222
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