As you can see from the picture above, the book cover has a Mason jar stuffed with paper. I think this is an excellent image for the content, as this promises to provide the little vignettes from the author’s life in neat little containers. Some chapters are tiny in this creative non-fiction account, but they are tightly packed with emotional firecrackers.

Thomas’s memoir takes us on a journey through her adult life: three marriages, random job and unemployment, physical and mental health discoveries, raising children in impoverished environment, and how she is changed through living these experiences.  

Although at the time of the writing, she is married to her third husband, the underlying thread throughout is the enduring and often turbulent, relationship with her second husband. Their relationship is unconventional, yet not entirely uncommon, but seeing her struggles within as it relates to who she is will have your considering the ramifications of your own past and past decisions.

Her writing is a down-to-earth mixture of simple language, couched in vibrant image and poetry. This book will keep you reaching for more as you make your way to the end of this little boo, and thinking about her well beyond those 179 pages.