A Three Dog Life by Abigail Thomas

A Three Dog Life by Abigail Thomas

[A] spare, astonishing memoir. A. Entertainment WeeklyWhen Abigail Thomas s husband, Rich, was hit by a car, his skull was shattered, his brain severely damaged. Subject to rages, terrors, and hallucinations, he was sent to live in a nursing facility that specializes in treating traumatic brain injuries. He had no memory of what he did the hour, the day, the year before. This tragedy is the ground on which Abigail had to build a new life. How she built that life is a story of great courage and change, of moving to a small country town, of a new family composed of three dogs, knitting, and friendship, of facing down guilt and discovering gratitude. It is also about her relationship with Rich, a man who lived in the eternal present, and the eerie poetry of his often uncanny perceptions. This wise, plainspoken, beautiful book enacts the truth Abigail has discovered in the years since the accident: You might not find meaning in disaster, but you might, with effort, make something useful of it.

Thomas, Abigail: - Abigail Thomas, the daughter of renowned science writer Lewis Thomas (The Lives of a Cell), is the mother of four children and the grandmother of twelve. She is the author of six previous books, including the memoir A Three Dog Life, which was named one of the best books of 2006 by the Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post. She teaches writing and lives in Woodstock.

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ISBN 13	9780151012114
ISBN 10	0151012113
Title	A Three Dog Life
Author	Abigail Thomas
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Houghton Mifflin
Year published	2006-09-01
Number of pages	182
Prizes	Winner of Books for a Better Life (Inspirational Memoir) 2006
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