Kick the Latch

Kathryn Scanlan's Kick the Latch isthe author assures usfiction, though it borrows heavily from interviews with real life horse trainer Sonia. It would be easy to spin Sonia's life as tragic; the sacrifices her career demands are great, and the hardships she's lived through pull at the heartstrings. Her humour and devil may care attitude is clear throughout though. Rather than editing out certain clunky turns of phrase, Scanlan preserves these and lets her subject breathe, rather than contort her.