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Loving
Joe Gallucci
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Love
between a man and a woman is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful
and spiritual exchanges between two human beings. It is also one
of the most tragic, particularly when alcohol, drugs, dysfunctional
families, and a life-threatening liver disease are thrown into
the mix. LOVING JOE GALLUCCI is one such love affair. It is the
poignant romantic tale of Meg Flaherty, daughter of an eminent
Massachusetts senator, and Jimmy Romano, a blue-collar boy always
trying to prove himself to the imperious Flaherty clan. Taking
place over a period of thirty years, the novel chronicles the
tumultuous courtship and marriage of the couple as they progress
from heavy drinkers and IV drug users to sober and respectable
members of their community who must nonetheless pay the price
for the reckless acts of their younger years. When Jimmy reaches
middle age, he goes to the doctors one day and discovers that
he has Hepatitis C, a deadly inflammation of the liver caused
by an HCV virus that drug users often get through needle use.
Now, with a family and a wife whose fidelity to and love for him
are extraordinary, Jimmy is forced to fight the last and biggest
battle of his life, or else die a death caused by the destructive
demons of a past he thought he'd conquered many years before. More than anything, LOVING JOE GALLUCCI is a story of redemption and resurrection of the Romano family through the triumph over adversity, and through faith, hope, and unconditional love. In its final analysis, this book is a call to arms against a liver disease so subtle and yet so damaging that it could perhaps be called the AIDS epidemic of the twenty-first century. |
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