Catalog Search Results
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
An extraordinarily moving memoir about many things including aging, family, creativity, tragedy, friendship and the richness of life, but at the center is a steadfast friendship between Abigail Thomas and a man she met thirty-five years ago. Through marriages, child-raising, the vicissitudes and tragedies of life, it is this deep, rich bond that has sustained her.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Publisher
Golden Notebook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In her new memoir, Abigail Thomas ruminates on aging during the confines of COVID-19 with her trademark mix of humor and wisdom, including valuable, contemplative writing tips along the way. As she approaches eighty, what she herself calls old age, Abigail Thomas accepts her new life, quieter than before, no driving, no dancing, mostly sitting in her chair in a sunny corner with three dogs for company--three dogs, vivid memories, bugs and birds and...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request