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When Sophie Met Darcy Day (Paperback)
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When Sophie Met Darcy Day (Paperback)
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A heartwarming collection of stories from a woman who brings
together disadvantaged children and abandoned racehorses, with
remarkable results. Thirteen-year-old Sophie hadn't uttered a word
to anyone for over two years when she got out of her parents car at
a remote farm in Devon. Her parents were beside themselves with
worry, and at the end of their tether, but try as they might,
nothing seemed to make a difference. They'd heard about a place
called Greatwood through friends - where owners Helen and Michael
Yeadon looked after retired racehorses - and decided to take Sophie
along for a visit. Helen asked Sophie to help her change the
dressings on the infected cuts on the legs of Darcy Day, one of
their more troubled horses, and it was instantly clear that these
two had some kind of special connection. Darcy Day would normally
back away from people, but this time she lowered her head and
stepped forward, to let Sophie stroke her nose. It was the start of
an incredible relationship that would transform both horse and
child, and it gave Michael and Helen an idea. They registered as a
charity, moved to bigger premises, and began inviting children with
a wide range of learning disabilities to volunteer to help with the
animals. The results were amazing - traumatised horses and anxious
or disturbed children bonded with each other, and every week little
miracles were happening before their eyes. Boys with diagnoses such
as Asperger's Syndrome or Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder,
or those who'd been excluded from school for unruly behaviour,
flourished through the discipline of working on the farm. Girls
made timid and anxious by abusive backgrounds or school bullies
came out of the shells. In this book are twenty of the most
incredible tales of children who were given back their futures by
the unique and extraordinary institution of Greatwood.
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