"When Abigail Thomas's husband, Rich, was hit by a car, his skull was shattered, his brain, severely damaged. Subject to rages, terrors and hallucinations, he was sent to live in a nursing facility that specializes in treating traumatic brain injuries. He had 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 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."
Sounds depressing, right? Well, parts of it were but the overall message, the overall lesson that Abigail learns when her world is turned upside-down and inside-out is inspiring. This is a woman who had before thought of in terms of future. After the accident, however, the future went out the door and her thoughts are stuck in the present. But truly, the word, "stuck" isn't right because that sounds like she's in a bad place; in a place she isn't happy. Quite the contrary. Abigail has learned to be happy again and loves her life, even when it isn't anything like she'd imagined or hoped. This book was a great lesson on how to overcome those events that some may call a tragedy but others just call life. You'll read this in a single sitting.
Oh and I also loved the opening quote from Wikipedia that said, "Australian Aborigines slept with their dogs for warmth on cold nights, the coldest being a "three dog night".
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