{"product_id":"the-intruder","title":"The Intruder","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwo adults, each with a son, meet, fall in love, set up a home, get married, and decide to have another child together. On the surface, an ordinary story like many others. But beneath the surface is a double challenge: to the world, because they are both men; and to death, because one of them is HIV positive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen, in June 1990, in New York, writer Brett Shapiro meets Giovanni Forti, the U.S. correspondent for an Italian weekly magazine, Giovanni is asymptomatic. Within a few months, his physical decline begins. The syndrome becomes the third wheel-the \"intruder\"-in their relationship. In this memoir, alternating Brett's lucid narration with Giovanni's high-spirited letters, both voices bring to life the passionate realization of this unique and, for many, deeply provocative family project.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere are no shadows; the facts are recounted for what they are, without false modesty or self-pity, with full awareness that the illness will eventually prevail, but also with the certainty that the family will face it with dignity and love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet in the turbulent early 90s, this is a love story without pretense. The intelligence and force of their love and their pain will live on in those who take this book into their hands. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45914445906111,"sku":"0d41c741-0ef8-4221-b14b-887dc85ea88e","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/395c58504c6ddbef67d14d9548d95fc2.jpg?v=1785058438","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/the-intruder","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}