The blurb on the front cover of the book is from Stephen King, and it says, "The best memoir I have ever read. The book is a punch to the heart. Read it." The book is Abigail Thomas's "A Three Dog Life." The web is also full of complimentary reviews of the book.

I must not "get it" when it comes to modern writings, because I tend to think the book stinks. I found it difficult to keep reading, and I only made three-quarters of the way through before I put it down for good. The story of Abigail's experience with her husband after his traumatic brain injury is interesting, and so are some of her sidetracks. However, what I found disturbing is what appears to be the purposeful use of bad grammar and punctuation throughout the book. It looks like the editor fell asleep during the editing of Chapter 1 and never completed the job. The language in places is beyond casual - it's almost a hillbilly version of folksy. Honestly, editing at Harcourt, Inc. can't be that bad, so it must be the intent of the author. In addition, each passage of the book comes off as a single announcement without ever tying the ideas together in a cohesive manner. I tried to like the book because the title and thesis were interesting, but it just isn't going to happen.