This book tells of some of the stories sewn into Sarah's Patchwork Quilt. It's about a 13 year-old girl who goes from being a scared orphan girl left in an orphanage, to a courageous woman in love. From indigo and red flannel to moiré and silk it tells her story through the scraps of fabric in the heirloom quilt. It tells of tragedies, trust, hopes, dreams and romance. It's about a young woman of strength and resourcefulness who stitches "the tears of the past into a treasure for tomorrow". The moral of the story is that even though what's happening may not seem like the best thing God knows best!

Through tears I watched as the young girl, Grace, again rode atop her once breathtaking mount, Pilgrim. It seems only fair that his name symbolizes the journey to a new world. Pilgrim, indeed, turned out to be a new horse. Now scarred from the hardships life has shown them, Grace and Pilgrim move as one yet again. Throughout the entire film I find myself reaching to wipe away another stray tear--whether tears of happiness or sorrow few can tell.

The movie is rated PG-13 and I think that these are the reasons: there is a bad accident at the beginning in which a horse and rider are killed, and there are also situations that deal with the depravity of human nature. During the whole movie, the people are faced with tough choices, and I was surprised to find that they made the honest ones, I think. I have not seen a film like this one in a long time with characters who act morally in tempting situations. There is a little bit of objectionable language but no cursing God or stuff that you usually get.

I truly enjoyed all of the training methods that the whisperer used. I had to watch myself, so I would keep up with the story line and not just watch the horses.

The movie differs from the book in that Pilgrim lives! I think that they changed it so that people (mostly horse people) could stand to watch it. I could hardly sit there as it was. It really does have a happy ending.

The entire cast was amazing. Robert Redford did an awesome job acting in, directing and co-producing this film. But my favorite parts have to go to Pilgrim and all of the other horses.

Though fictitious, I think all horse lovers want to be a "Tom Booker." Who wouldn't want to be labeled a horse whisperer?