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Michigan's Upper Peninsula hosts a lifestyle that some would call backwater. Indeed, the justice system plays host to a good ol' boy conspiracy, where back-slapping male dominance prevails. This is bad news for artist and author Nancy, who just wants to enjoy a day at the movies with Amanda, her sister with Down syndrome. Two brothers, one a zealous guardian, the other with a vicious temper, take their control issues to the extreme as Nancy's petitions to the court fail time and again. The sisters are forced apart for heartbreaking weeks that turn into months, in a hurricane of sibling drama. But the moss-covered, deep cedar woods, where there are no shopping malls and no cell signal, offer one rare opportunity for a young horse: The chance to run free on the beach. While the days unfold for Seven, a five-year-old colt, Nancy struggles to teach the young horse to overcome his fear of being tied with a rope, and allow handling as all horses should. As she watches the remains of her human family disintegrating, she grapples with the concept of freedom, and control over those who have no voice. A story of love, disability and unbreakable family bonds, Seven Days On Drummond shows how a small community and a herd of horses set the example of unity and empathy, and how we are all connected.

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Nancy J. Bailey is a fourth generation descendent of George Warren Bailey and Cornelia Edgerton Bailey, some of Drummond Island's first white settlers. A community theatre buff, Nancy has written, directed, produced and acted in several of her own plays, including On Lining Up, a CTAM Award Winner. Nancy is a prolific artist, specializing in paintings of animals. She is winner of the Ex Arte Equinuus Award for Equine Art. She uses watercolor, acrylics, oils, pencil, pen and ink, and enjoys painting on slate. Nancy currently lives in Michigan with several dogs and Morgan horses, two silly cats, and a ringneck dove named Mr. McCoo. Nancy trains animals for film and commercials. Nancy tours with Clifford, a trick trained horse who visits libraries and schools to promote literacy and empathy, provides therapy for people with disabilities, and signs his own biography, Clifford of Drummond Island. Clifford has garnered international recognition for his therapy work and in 2018 was inducted into the Equus Foundation Horse Stars Hall of Fame.

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