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Icelandic Horse standing in a snow looking away
An Icelandic horse in its element (Photo: Gigja Einarsdottir/Getty)
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Summer Read: A Journey Across Iceland in Search of My Health

Icelandic Horse standing in a snow looking away

When Pam Houston traveled to the Nordic island nation to ride its unique breed of spirited horses, she wasn鈥檛 just after an adventure鈥攕he was urgently seeking a way to be well again. Two years earlier, she had become seriously ill with long COVID, so lacking in energy that she couldn鈥檛 take a walk. What she needed most of all was a reason to go on. In the final episode of our Summer Read series, we hear her powerful story of physical and spiritual rebirth.

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国产吃瓜黑料鈥檚 longstanding literary storytelling tradition comes to life in audio with features that will both entertain and inform listeners. We launched in March 2016 with our first series, Science of Survival, and have since expanded our show to offer a range of story formats, including reports from our correspondents in the field and interviews with the biggest figures in sports, adventure, and the outdoors.