A short video: 
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In real life Virginia Thorndike, the author’s mother, died of an alcohol and drug overdose at the age of 57. In this novel she recovers and fights to stay sober. She devotes herself to her sons, hoping to make up for the years in which she gave them too little attention. Both now need her help. Her older gay son’s partner comes down with Lou Gehrig’s Disease, and her younger son’s wife succumbs to “the weakness,” her family’s term for schizophrenia. Ginny devotes herself to her boys, but also starts up with Lyle, her first lover in years. Growing older, there’s a surprise at every turn.