There's a sneaky sharpness to Abigail Thomas' "What Comes Next and How to Like It" that makes itself apparent only deep into the book. Framed as a follow-up to her 2006 memoir, "A Three Dog Life," it is more a series of short reflections — some as brief as a single sentence — on aging and mortality, infused with her signature sense of mordancy and wit.
Where "A Three Dog Life" dealt with the decline and death of Thomas' third husband, Rich, who suffered a traumatic brain injury after being hit by a car near their home in upper Manhattan, "What Comes Next and How to Like It" first seems like a day book, meandering from the author's new-found fascination with painting to her love for her dogs and the joy and rigor of being a single mother to four adult children and their various kids and partners.
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