Misery in Holiday

Erin Sullivan (St. Petersburg Times): HOLIDAY — This was the first year she had it all together, the tree, the gifts, all wrapped and ready, weeks before Christmas, and now it's all gone, every last bit of it, nothing left, not even her dog, Rascal, who is now buried in the back yard. The firefighters buried him for her. Amanda Short can't think about it because she feels like she's going to be sick. But she can't stop thinking about it, not even in her dreams, which are nightmares. Her fiance, T.J. Cater, wakes her in the motel room when she shakes and moans and says he's sorry.

-eddie