Leave the Dogs at Home: A Memoir - Couverture souple

Arbogast, Claire S.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 025301719X ISBN 13 : 9780253017192

Editeur : Indiana University Press, 2015

Synopsis

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 Delightfully confessional, it challenges persistent, yet outdated, societal norms about relationships, and finds relief in whimsy, pop culture, and renewed spirituality.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Indiana University Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 025301719X
• ISBN 13: 9780253017192
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 238
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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