I just ordered it along with A Mind Apart. If you say they are that good, then I want to read them.

http://www.abigailthomas.net/abigail-th … -life.html

"When Abigail Thomas’s husband, Rich, was hit by a car, his brain shattered. Subject to rages, terrors, and hallucinations, he must live the rest of his life in an institution. He has 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 great 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 lives in the eternal present, and the eerie poetry of his often uncanny perceptions. This wise, plainspoken, beautiful book enacts the truth Abigail discovered in the five years since the accident: You might not find meaning in disaster, but you might, with effort, make something useful of it."

That's what Amazon is for. I don't know Sarah, you and I don't see eye to eye on books...

Hi, there. I ordered the book on Amazon and got it in the mail yesterday. I also got her book "Thinking About Memoir". It seems to be full of exercises. I haven't had time to really go thru each book, but I'm glad I have them. I expect to really enjoy them.

I think I have read "3 dog life."  I recall identifying with her, but don't place it as hugely memorable.   Perhaps because I was already living the same life.

Ah, it's coming back to me, she visits him regularly.  Holy S..t, now would be just the time to read it again.

EllieO wrote:

I just started it, Mish, and definitely thought of you and Dave.

That is one of the things I love about this site:  we learn about each other through our writing, often become friends on the basis of it.

And isn't it true you often think of friends during the day, the week, especially when there is a trigger?



Ellie, I got a kick out of my having mentioned the Maine flies that I knew of through Sarton's journals,  and whattyouknow, the next thing I read of yours includes those buggers to the max.

I did the "apologize for two pages" exercise on my blog.  It was fun.  Not great writing, but fun.

sarah_scotti wrote:

Okay, whether or not you're running out to buy the book, you SHOULD read her essay on "getting started" as a writer:

http://www.abigailthomas.net/abigail-th … arted.html

I love the exercises.  I haven't chosen one yet, but I will!

Sarah, I'll defiintely read the book.  Obviously, I'd noticed it in the store, but my reading list is something like 300 and I'm so overwhelmed, it barely registered.

I just read the essay and am cursing myself for not reading it yesterday when I procrastinated, fretted, worried, fumed, and terrorized myself over a chapter which I hated writing because I felt nobody would think it makes any sense. 

Her advice is good and I'm going to try some of those writing exercises as well.  I always do better if someone throws something out there for me to catch.

I owe you!

Kat