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Claire and Jim were friends, enthusiasts, and sometimes foes for 27 years. In order to get medical health insurance, they finally committed, calling their anniversary the "It Means Absolutely Nothing" day. Then Jim was diagnosed with cancer. With ever-decreasing probability of survival, punctuated by arcs of wrong wish, Jim's deteriorating health changed their well-established self-reliance as they became caregiver and patient, sharing intimacy as close as their own breaths. Yearly and a half into their marriage, Jim died from lung/brain cancer. Suffered by good pet dogs and gardening through both many years of madness that used, Claire soldiered through home fixes, career devastation, genealogy quests, and "seeing for elderly people" wanting to build an improved life on the debris of her old one. Leave the Puppies at Home maps and takes on with the levels of grief. Delightfully confessional, it issues persistent, yet obsolete, societal norms about romantic relationships, and finds pain relief in whimsy, pop culture, and renewed spirituality.
