Leave the Dogs at Home: A Memoir

by Claire S. Arbogast

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025301719X
• ISBN13: 9780253017192
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Break Away Book Club Edition
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 7.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher