Mackay has been communicating with animals since she was a small child. In Spoken in Whispers, she recounts her adventures, from her easy acceptance of her gift during just thought nothing of it childhood -- "I just thought nothing of it and assumed everybody could do what I do" -- to her reluctance to make her ability public for fear that people would assume she was crazy, to her "coming-out" and her subsequent satisfaction in bridging the communication gap between animals and their owners. Her extraordinary story gives readers a fascinating look into the minds, emotions, and sometimes puzzling behavior of our four-legged friends, and will be enjoyed not only by horse lovers, but by anyone who has ever wished he could speak the language of animals.