A Three Dog Life

Do you ever wonder how you would react if your husband left? If someone you dearly loved died suddenly? If you lost your job? Somehow we deal with these hard events, but often the coping process is a blur afterwards.

Abigail Thomas’ husband was hit by a car, which caused brain damage so extensive that he will always need to be institutionalized. In the five years since the accident, Thomas has painstakingly rebuilt her life around a new home close to the institution, a passion for knitting, friends and three dogs.

The resiliency of the human spirit can sound like a cliché, but her spare, painfully honest account chronicles the human urge to keep going until we find a new balance in our lives. In many ways, this will remind readers of The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion’s incredible account of the year after her husband’s sudden death.

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