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A Pony in the Bedroom Susan Dunne

A Pony in the Bedroom By Susan Dunne

A Pony in the Bedroom by Susan Dunne


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Summary

Despite rape, homelessness, anorexia and severe post-traumatic stress disorder after a violent attack, Susan Dunne turned her life around and set up a pony therapy business. Susan shares her painful journey, and how her connection with horses sparked the healing process and helped her to cope with lifelong difficulties associated with autism.

A Pony in the Bedroom Summary

A Pony in the Bedroom: A Journey through Asperger's, Assault, and Healing with Horses by Susan Dunne

Susan Dunne's life changed forever when a chance question from a doctor led her back to horses, an unfulfilled childhood passion. Detached and isolated due to undiagnosed autism, Susan had already survived rape, battled eating disorders and self-harm, and spent time homeless, when her world was turned upside again by a vicious, life-threatening assault. Severe post-traumatic stress disorder left her feeling distrustful and more cut off than ever before from a world she saw as confusing and dangerous. But as Susan's connection with horses grew stronger, her world started to open up.

Poignant and witty by turns, Susan shares her story of survival and transformation, offering a rare insight into her relationship with horses, and how they helped her to find a safe place in the world.

A Pony in the Bedroom Reviews

A testimony to the unique healing power of horses. -- Temple Grandin, author, Thinking in Pictures and Animals in Translation
Truly beautiful and inspiring. -- the Goth * Asperger United *

About Susan Dunne

Susan Dunne studied English Literature at university. She has worked among other things as a teacher, journalist and travel writer. She has Asperger Syndrome and lives in Yorkshire, UK, where she has four horses. She runs an award winning pony therapy project and regularly takes miniature ponies into care centres across the region.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements. Preface. Across Two Worlds. Part 1. All the World Before Me. 1. Social Misfit. 2. Hungry. 3. Homeless. 4. Rootless. 5. A Dog Called Minder. Part 2. A World Turned Upside Down. 6. First Encounters. 7. Assault. 8. Aftermath. 9. Consequences. 10. To the Lighthouse. 11. A Journey Begins. 12. The Horse Affect. 13. Reaching Out. 14. Post Traumatic Stress. 15. Facing Demons. 16. Mongolia. Part 3. A Whole New World. 17. A Horse Called Bailey. 18. Relapse. 19. The Herd. 20. A Pony in the Bedroom. Afterword. Horses as Healers.

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GOR008718542
9781849056090
1849056099
A Pony in the Bedroom: A Journey through Asperger's, Assault, and Healing with Horses by Susan Dunne
Used - Like New
Paperback
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
20150321
272
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