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Journal Entry 1 by dancing-dog from Cordova, Tennessee USA on Friday, June 12, 2009
 from amazon.com:
In these exquisitely written essays Thomas reflects on how her marriage had to be reinvented after the night her husband, Richard, took their dog, Harry, out for a walk, and Harry came home alone. Richard had been hit by a car and was lying bleeding in the street. The traumatic head injury he suffered didn't kill him, as attending police had predicted it would, but it rendered him susceptible to large-scale memory loss, hallucinations, and such wild rages that Thomas was forced to commit him to an institution. Lesser events have destroyed relationships, so it would not be surprising to learn that Thomas abandoned Richard. She didn't. Instead, she sold their New York apartment, moved upstate to be near him, and acquired two more dogs to keep her company. What's more, she can't imagine life without her husband, saying, "It would be like falling through space with a parachute but no planet to land on."
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A quick read, sometimes funny, sometimes sad, it made me think of my Dad who suffered from a stroke in his 60's and how his personality changed post-stroke and how we reacted to him.
7-4-09 - Reserved for the Everybook VBB on bookobsessed
Selected by ransom
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Journal Entry 3 by ramson from New Orleans, Louisiana USA on Sunday, August 02, 2009
This looks like trouble. It looks like the kind of book that just jumps to the head of the line no matter how many other TBR books are lined up in front of it. I am sure I will be reading this soon!
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Journal Entry 4 by ramson at One Metairie Place Condo Community in Metairie, Louisiana USA on Saturday, September 05, 2009
Released 2 yrs ago (9/5/2009 UTC) at One Metairie Place Condo Community in Metairie, Louisiana USA WILD RELEASE NOTES:
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Releasing as part of the 2009 You're Such An Animal Wild Release Challenge
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A Three Dog Life
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