A Three Dog Life
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When Abigail Thomas’s husband, Rich, was hit by a car, his skull was shattered, his brain severely damaged. Subject to rages, terrors, and hallucinations—and with no memory of what he did the hour, the day, the year before—he was sent to live in a nursing facility that specializes in treating traumatic brain injuries. 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. Hailed by Stephen King as "the best memoir I have ever read," this wise, plainspoken, beautiful book enacts the truth Abigail has discovered since the accident: You might not find meaning in disaster, but you might, with effort, make something useful of it. The Washington Post - Suki Casanave Structured in a series of vignettes, her memoir is strung together with threads of lilting prose and keen observation…For Thomas, it seems, the act of writing itself has become an act of redemption. From the depths of catastrophe, she has crafted a painfully honest and loving portrait of the irrevocably altered life she finds herself leading. The stories are few, the moments are spare, but what Thomas tells us is shot through with light.
"What Stays the Same"—currently with Dan Jones"Accident"—published in "O" "Home"—published in "O" "Comfort" –published in Dog is My Co-Pilot, Bark Anthology"Surprises" –not placed serially"Magnificent Frigate Bird" –published in Tin House"Learning To Live Alone" –published in Self"How to Break up a Dog Fight" –not placed serially"Dog Talk" –published in Bark"How to Banish Melancholy" –to be published in Women’s Best Friend, Seal Press Anthology"Carolina’s in Heat" –published in Bark"For Now" –not placed serially"Filling What’s Empty" –published in Tin House"NO" –currently with Dan Jones"Guilt" –published in Subtropics"Edward Butterman Sleeps At Home" –not placed serially"Knitting 2002 to Present" –to be published in Swivel"Outsider Art" –not placed serially"Running" –not placed serially"Past, Present, Future" –excerpt to be published in Real Simple"Moving" –published on Mister Beller’s Neighborhood"Five Years" –not placed serially
