{"product_id":"in-pillness-and-in-health-a-memoir-paperback","title":"In Pillness and in Health: A memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHenriette Ivanans\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if your husband gave you a kidney and you chugged a beer with your painkillers the next day?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e What if your loving marriage became a tortured threesome? Husband, Wife and Pills?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Meet Henriette and Kevin. As newlyweds, they move to LA to conquer Hollywood. When the dream begins to fade, Henriette delves into a secret life of Pills. Diagnosed with a rejecting kidney transplant, she becomes crippled by fear. Convinced Kevin can never understand, her part-time narcotic trysts explode into a full-blown pharmaceutical affair.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e She is in love. Fiorinal, Vicodin, Morphine...All of them. Until onebackstabbing day, Pills lead her to her first overdose. Shattered, Kevin sacrifices his soul for his wife. He talks the ER out of a psychiatric hold. Later, he looks away when she pops Xanax on dialysis. Alone and barely holding on, Kevin believes the unconditional act of donating his kidney will save his wife's life and heal their marriage.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It doesn't. The kidney rejects. There is a second overdose. Nothing seems to break Pills' obsessive hold over Henriette.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e But will it break Kevin? Will it break them? And after a lifetime of cheating can Henriette imagine a sober marriage of two?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eIn Pillness and in Health\u003c\/em\u003e sweeps its reader into the maelstrom of true love held hostage by disease. Dare to be devastated, over and over, by the relentless tornado of their story. Written with radical honesty, and startling wit, \u003cem\u003eIn Pillness and in Health\u003c\/em\u003e shines new light in the dark corners of addiction and codependency, as we wonder how many devastating diseases can one marriage survive?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 20, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51793218437408,"sku":"9781999186302","price":17.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6bacb9fc3db6b3cb2685e3c47e14076d.webp?v=1780716285","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/in-pillness-and-in-health-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}