A Three Dog Life with Joyce A. Miller

For the dog lovers of Libration Nation, have we got the episode for you! This week, we are discussing Abigail Thomas’s memoir, A Three Dog Life which documents her experience living with her husband after his traumatic brain injury.

"The startling power and beauty of Abigail Thomas's memoir comes not only from her acute perceptions of a man without memories and her fear of losing her husband but from her refusal to surrender the shards of a loving relationship."-- O, the Oprah Magazine

I’m joined this week by Joyce A. Miller, a writer living in the Church Hill section of Richmond, VA. She has written and indie-published two books: Joe Harris, the Moon, historical fiction based on the true story of Miller’s granduncle who played baseball in the 1910s and 1920s, and Look! You’re Dancing: A Memoir of Dogs, Dance and Devotion, which chronicles Miller’s journey of adopting six greyhounds over the past twenty years and how she danced with several of them. Miller is also a member of James River Writers. Before she started writing, Miller worked for over thirty years as a mechanical designer at a nuclear physics laboratory.

As Abigail Thomas loved her home city of Manhattan as well as the drink, we thought it was a perfect pairing with this book!

Manhattan Recipe

  • 2 ounces rye whiskey

  • 1 ounce sweet vermouth

  • 2 dashes Angostura bitters

  • Garnish: brandied cherry (or lemon twist, if preferred)

In this Episode

Joyce’s Website (with links to books, newsletter)

James River Greyhounds

Gari Melcher Website (and Corinne!)

James River Writers

Greyhound Health Initiative

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