Memoir: “Always Hope” by Hope Ellis Ashburn

Memoir: "Always Hope" by Hope Ellis Ashburn

I just love author Hope Ellis-Ashburn, who I met at the 2019 American Horse Publications annual conference in Albuquerque. Hope and I are both members of this professional organization of people in the equine media industry. As we sat chatting during a conference lunch I found Hope to be genuine, even and I hesitate to use 'down-to-earth' but it fits. Hope is also funny with a measure of the self-deprecating manner I find refreshing.

Her latest book, "Always Hope: How Dairy Cows and Arabian Horses Inspired Grit in a Young Girl's Life,"  is a beautifully, well-told story about her growing up on a farm in southeastern Tennessee, where she and her family still live. It's a quick read that will grab you at its introduction and carries you laughing, curious, and sometimes tearful through its epilogue about 100 pages later.

In May 2019, Hope did a Q&A interview with Emma Kersey-Doherty, for the Arabian Horse Life's weekly newsletter. Click the link below and give it a read. While you're there subscribe to the newsletter too and keep up on what's going on with the Arabian Horse Association.

https://www.arabianhorselife.com/single-post/2019/05/09/Always-Hope

You can follow Hope on social media too. Some of her social media handles are in honor of her chestnut Half-Arabian mare.

Facebook: Red Horse on a Red Hill

Instagram: red_horse_on_a_red_hill

Twitter: @HopeAshburn

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