{"product_id":"thats-what-friends-are-for-wade-rouse","title":"That's What Friends Are For [Wade Rouse]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"By turns hilarious, tender, and devastating, Rouse’s novel explores what it means to be the sandwich generation of gays today — 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e bestselling author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIn this poignant and hilarious story inspired by TV’s beloved \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Golden Girls\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, bestselling author Wade Rouse celebrates love, aging, finding your people, and the art of impeccably timed one-liners.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheodore 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 “The Golden Gays”—the foursome’s monthly drag tribute to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Golden Girls\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Despite their foibles and bickering, they have turned their golden years into a golden era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the harmony of their desert enclave becomes a carousel of emotional baggage when Teddy’s estranged sister, Trudy, shows up on their doorstep, her dramatic teenage granddaughter in tow. While Teddy tries to keep Trudy at arm’s 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 they’ve all been keeping from each other unravel faster than a hastily stitched hemline.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA novel that gives thanks to “old” friends, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThat's What Friends Are For \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eproves that while family may be the tie that binds, it’s the chosen family that truly keeps us together.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMIRA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarch 3, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHardcover‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e352 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e978-1525800054\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Prairie Sky General Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46055854768362,"sku":"Harper","price":37.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/6387\/9980\/files\/71soNYr-dlL._SL1500.jpg?v=1780172401","url":"https:\/\/prairieskygeneralstore.com\/products\/thats-what-friends-are-for-wade-rouse","provider":"Prairie Sky General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}