Leave the Dogs at Home: A Memoir

Claire and Jim were friends, lovers, and sometimes enemies for 27 years. In order to get health...
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Author: Claire S. Arbogast
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Language: English
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Leave the Dogs at Home: A Memoir by Arbogast, Claire S.

Leave the Dogs at Home: A Memoir

Dhs. 59.77

Leave the Dogs at Home: A Memoir

Dhs. 59.77
Author: Claire S. Arbogast
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Claire and Jim were friends, lovers, and sometimes enemies for 27 years. In order to get health insurance, they finally married, calling their anniversary the "It Means Absolutely Nothing" day. Then Jim was diagnosed with cancer. With ever-decreasing odds of survival, punctuated by arcs of false hope, Jim's deteriorating health altered their well-established independence as they became caregiver and patient, sharing intimacy as close as their own breaths. A year and a half into their marriage, Jim died from lung/brain cancer. Sustained by good dogs and gardening through the two years of madness that followed, Claire soldiered through home repairs, career disaster, genealogy quests, and "dating for seniors" trying to build a better life on the debris of her old one. Leave the Dogs at Home maps and plays with the stages of grief. Delightfully confessional, it challenges persistent, yet outdated, societal norms about relationships, and finds relief in whimsy, pop culture, and renewed spirituality.



Author: Claire S. Arbogast
Publisher: Break Away Book Club Edition
Published: 07/03/2015
Pages: 238
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780253017192


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2015

About the Author

Claire Arbogast is a graduate of Indiana University. She gardens, walks with dogs, and writes in Bloomington, Indiana. Her website is www.ClaireArbogast.com




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