A Three Dog Life | 
| Author: Abigail Thomas
Publisher: Harcourt
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 187932
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Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 1.1
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
ASIN: B00155GE4K
Publication Date: September 5, 2006
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 Learning to Live with Change July 22, 2008
Change is something most people loathe, because that which is familiar is more comfortable. Author Abigail Thomas learns to live with change following an auto-pedestrian accident involving her husband Rich which has a tremendous impact on her life. Rich miraculously survives the accident, but his thinking is modified. He no longer retains the past or carries the future. His thoughts and life are only in the present tense. Thomas realizes she cannot care for him alone due to his permanent brain trauma and he becomes a resident of a care facility. This requires Thomas to move from their New York condo to a home close by the facility. Despite the pathos, the book is filled with incredible humor. Conversations with Rich are often laced with poetic foolishness bordering on E.S.P. Thomas' descriptions of her coping mechanisms are spot-on with respect to surviving as a weekend caretaker in the midst of loss. She takes a cue from the arctic nomads who say the coldest night is a "three-dog night," and titles the book "Three Dog Life" because naps and snuggles with her three dogs provide great solace and comfort.
An absolutely first rate memoir! July 13, 2008
I'm always looking for a new "dog book" of quality. Well, this wasn't exactly just a dog book. It is, however, one of the best memoirs I have read in some time. Some may be put off by the somewhat jumbled chronology of this book, but I think it works perfectly to project the fragmented state of mind of Thomas as she struggled for more than five years to cope with what her husband's tragic accident had done to their once-comfortable life. Thomas has the extremely rare talent of being able to make you nearly cry and then laugh out loud, sometimes on the same page. This is an extremely well-crafted and utterly human piece of writing. And, by the way, it's a good "dog book" too. - Tim Bazzett, author of Love, War & Polio (RatholeBooks.com), and current practitioner of A Two Dog Life
A Love Story for Baby Boomers June 24, 2008
Others here have described in-depth the storyline of this bitter-sweet love story. I'll just note how refreshing it was to read about a marital topic other than infidelity.
One of the few rock concerts I attended in my youth featured the group, Three Dog Night, so the apt title needed no explanation. Among the thousand or so books in my personal library, this memoir, a THREE DOG LIFE, sits on my short shelf for will-read-again-and-again.
Abigal Thomas has painted with lyrical prose an honest portrait of a bruised, yet vibrant, marriage, highlighting the often-hidden joys of long-term true love in a flawed world.
Grateful Reader June 15, 2008
An astute friend told me about this book, as an example of an interesting way to write a memoir. I'm so fortunate she did, as this really resonated with me. I like it a lot.
A+ June 14, 2008
The book was as new, the price was A+.This is my favorite book in the past 5 years. A Three Dog Life
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