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That's What Friends Are For.
The lives of four aging gay friends are upended when Teddy's estranged sister lands on their doorstep with a dramatic granddaughter in tow, causing turmoil in their tight-knit Palm Springs community and unwittingly bringing secrets to light. Inspired by TV's 'The Golden Girls', 'That's What Friends Are For' is a novel about acceptance, friendship, and love later in life. This is the first time Wade Rouse has written a fiction novel under his own name, instead of his pen name, Viola Shipman.
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- ISBN: 9781525800054
- Physical Description: 352 pages ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Canada : MIRA Books, 2026.
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"By turns hilarious, tender, and devastating, Rouseâs novel explores what it means to be the sandwich generation of gays today â caught between those who paved the way for equality, those who are too young to credit them, and a world that seems increasingly hostile."--Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author
In this poignant and hilarious story inspired by TVâs beloved The Golden Girls, bestselling author Wade Rouse celebrates love, aging, finding your people, and the art of impeccably timed one-liners.
Theodore Copeland has created a fabulous life in the desert oasis of Palm Springs, where he shares a fabulous pink mid-century home with three fabulous friends: Barry, a former actor still clinging to his youth, his hair, and the memory of the dream role that killed his career; Ron, an uprooted Christian from the Midwest with a big heart but no one to give it to; Sid, who, after coming out late in life, has never found love. Teddy is the caustic, unspoken leader of âThe Golden Gaysââthe foursomeâs monthly drag tribute to The Golden Girls. Despite their foibles and bickering, they have turned their golden years into a golden era.
But the harmony of their desert enclave becomes a carousel of emotional baggage when Teddyâs estranged sister, Trudy, shows up on their doorstep, her dramatic teenage granddaughter in tow. While Teddy keeps Trudy at armâs length, she manages to wheedle her way into the lives of the Golden Gays, until the real reason for her visit is revealed and the secrets theyâve all been keeping from each other unravel faster than a hastily stitched hemline.
A novel that gives thanks to âoldâ friends, Thank You for Being a Friend proves that while family may be the tie that binds, itâs the chosen family that truly keeps us together.
