Leave the Dogs at Home : A Memoir / Claire S. Arbogast.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arbogast, Claire S.

Series:

Break away books.

Break away books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caregivers--United States--Biography.

Caregivers.

Cancer--Patients--Family relationships--United States.

Cancer.

Cancer--Patients--United States--Biography.

Arbogast, Claire S.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 p.)

Edition:

Break away book club edition.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 madn

Contents:

Cover; Leave the Dogs at Home; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 THE FULLNESS; 2 SURVIVOR; 3 WATERLOO; 4 TERMINAL RESTLESSNESS; 5 BUZZING; 6 LINE OF SALT; 7 DRAINAGE; 8 CONSILIENCE; 9 BALANCING CONCENTRATE; 10 SWOOP; 11 THE IN BETWEEN; 12 THE POINT OF SURRENDER; 13 THE SHITTY TRUTH; 14 FUMES; 15 FINDING BOXERWOOD; 16 CRABBOTTOM GRITS; 17 PERIPHERAL VISION; 18 SIX YEARS LATER: NEW TRICKS; Notes; Book Club Guide

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780253017215

0253017211

OCLC:

913743444