"Loving Larry is a riveting page-turner that reads like a good novel. Penny Wormet has written an honest, heart-wrenching and ultimately uplifting story of Elaine Hall's struggle to hold her family and life together in the face of her husband Larry's severe bipolar disease and eventual death. Deftly woven through Wormet's narrative is the story of Larry Hall Cutting Horses, home of some of the foremost performance horses in the world. Saddle up for a great ride!"~Sally Harrison, Author/Editor and cutting horse historian.A Tribute to the Lady . . . Expected to fail in a business where men prevail, the grief stricken widow of Larry Hall drew strength from devout, unwavering faith. With profound love, she endured the numbing tragedy of Larry's mental illness. With dauntless determination, effervescent personality and business savvy based on common sense, she carried on the dream that continues to thrive in the cutting horse industry.BOOK REVIEWS:____________________________________________________________"In splendid fashion, two lifelong friends have united to capture the trials and tribulations of an extraordinary person. From beginning to end, this touching saga of a beautiful woman, her family, and her horses, warms the heart and touches the soul. In unabridged detail, we relive a chronicled life of humble beginnings to one of enviable heights, yet riddled with adversity ... a sobering reminder that the gift of life on Earth is laced with tragedy and heartache. Skillfully intertwined in this account is an engaging look at the horses, people, and pulse of the National Cutting Horse Association.Fueled by an unerring faith in our Lord and empowered by an unrelenting philanthropic thirst, we gain a vivid appreciation of one woman's yearning to maintain a happy and wholesome family setting, to strive for success in a male-dominated cutting horse industry, and to attend to those less fortunate.This autobiographical account is written as a tribute to a loving and gifted husband and father inconceivably afflicted with mental illness, and of a fabled genetic line of cutting horse. I close the book realizing the unheralded figure is usually adorned in pink ... the woman behind the man and the horse. Both within and outside the chapters of this reading, I have been touched deeply by the horse, Peptoboonsmal, and by the woman that named him. I am ever so grateful that both have entered my life."~Dickson D. Varner, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACT Professsor and Chief of Theriogenology Pin Oak Stud Chair of Stallion Reproductive Studies Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Texas A&M University College Station, Texas, USA 77843-4475 ____________________________________________________________________Penny Wormet's Loving Larry is an accurate and moving account of manic-depressive disorder and how that disease ultimately stole Larry Hall from himself and from his family. We do not often speak of these illnesses when they touch our lives because they manifest as behaviors: sometimes dangerous, often embarrassing and almost always inexplicable. Ms. Wormet does an outstanding job of describing the struggle of a man with an illness he can't understand or control, and his family's efforts to deal with his distorted thinking, frightening mood swings, and shattered insight into his need for treatment. As a psychiatrist who specializes in the treatment of persons with severe mental illness, I applaud Elaine Hall's courage in coming forth with this story and for her expression of the deep faith that has brought her through it all.~Judith Hunter, MD, Medical Director, Forensic Psychiatry, Dallas Metrocare Services__________________________________________________________________"This is an amazing and moving book, a true-to-life account of faith triumphant over the most severe affliction and pressure. The testimony to the power of God and the eternal love of Jesus Christ is unmistakable. Penny's