Hers is a new spin on the "you'll never believe the deliciously shocking things I, a middle-aged and middle-class white woman, did while I was high!" genre that I can't seem to quit. Ivanans' story is definitely interesting and unique: she is a two-time kidney transplantee, and the second organ came from the husband she verbally abused while high on narcotics for 15+ years. Written with radical honesty, and startling wit, In Pillness and in Health shines new light in the dark corners of addiction and codependency, as we wonder how many devastating diseases can one marriage survive? Dare to be devastated, over and over, by the relentless tornado of their story. In Pillness and in Health sweeps its reader into the maelstrom of true love held hostage by disease.
Nothing seems to break the Pills’ obsessive hold over Henriette.īut will it break Kevin? Will it break them? And after a lifetime of cheating can Henriette imagine a sober marriage of two? Alone and barely holding on, Kevin believes the unconditional act of donating his kidney will save his wife’s life and heal their marriage. Later, he looks away when she pops Xanax on dialysis. He talks the ER out of a psychiatric hold. Shattered, Kevin sacrifices his soul for his wife. Until one backstabbing day, Pills lead her to her first overdose. Convinced Kevin can never understand, her part-time narcotic trysts explode into a full-blown pharmaceutical affair. Diagnosed with a rejecting kidney transplant, she becomes crippled by fear. When the dream begins to fade, Henriette delves into a secret life of Pills. As newlyweds, they move to LA to conquer Hollywood. What if your loving marriage became a tortured threesome? Husband, Wife and Pills? What if your husband gave you a kidney and you chugged a beer with your painkillers the next day?
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