Behind The Mask: The Hunt Groom Diaries

Behind The Mask: The Hunt Groom Diaries

“Before I ever touched a horse, I lived for the sound of their hooves. Before I had words for grief, I had them.” From the silence of a fractured childhood to the thunder of hooves across open fields, Behind the Mask: The Hunt Groom Diaries traces the life of a woman who found her voice in the spaces where control and freedom collide. Brittany Evertson grew up between chaos and beauty—raised by women who survived by perfection and men who disappeared into silence. Horses became her language, foxhunting her escape, and empathy her rebellion. In this hauntingly intimate memoir, she pulls the velvet curtain back on a world few outsiders ever see—one of red coats, champagne mornings, and the unspoken cruelty that lives beneath tradition. Through vivid storytelling and emotional precision, Evertson captures the raw truth of survival: that strength is not born from control, but from the courage to feel. Behind the Mask is a story about inheritance—of trauma, of love, and of wild grace—and the long, unbroken lineage between women, horses, and the will to keep going. For readers of Jeannette Walls, Glennon Doyle, and Tara Westover, this is both a confession and a reclamation. A story about what it means to be tender in a world that mistakes tenderness for weakness.