{"product_id":"the-passionate-sister-paperback","title":"The Passionate Sister - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Thorndike\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter a near-fatal overdose and a month in rehab, Ginny asks her son Rob to take her home and help clear out the alcohol from her house. They pour her bottles of wine and gin onto the lawn, then flush her pills down the toilet. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Her older son Jamie and his gay lover Miles come to stay with her, but after Miles is diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease, he and Jamie return to Key West, and Ginny faces her recovery alone through a cold and quiet winter in Sag Harbor. In the spring she drives to Rob's commune in Ohio. There his six-marriage has fallen apart, and Natalia, his original wife, is now pregnant. Later she will give birth to twins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Still on the move, Ginny answers Jamie's plea for help with Miles, who is losing control of both his speech and muscles. She joins them in Key West, but there is no cure or treatment for Lou Gehrig's Disease, only a harrowing decline, then death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Rob's wife abandons him, he is left to care for their one-year-old twins, and once again Ginny helps out. The twins both elate and crush her, even as she is courted by Lyle, her first man in years. Though all arousal has vanished for Ginny and she can barely imagine sex with anyone, Lyle is devoted, and slowly she opens up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In 1981, the two of them drive down to Key West to visit Jamie. It's the first year of GRID, Gay-Related Immune Deficiency, and Ginny is worried about Jamie and his friends, who pay little attention to the disease.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A year later she flies down to see Jamie again, still trying to persuade him of the danger. One of his friends has died after a bout with shingles, a disease that can foreshadow autoimmune troubles. In the final chapter, instead of heading off to one of his gay parties, Jamie tracks his mother down on the beach and asks her to look at his chest. When she unbuttons his shirt she finds a band of swollen red bumps, the sure mark of shingles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 282\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47498587537629,"sku":"9798992668216","price":19.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/LOh5LfWbSQ9798992668216.webp?v=1771993078","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-passionate-sister-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}