<p><b>A <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR</b> ¿ <b>From <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author Eleanor Henderson comes a turbulent love story meets harrowing medical mystery: the true story of the author¿s twenty-year marriage defined by her husband¿s chronic illness¿and a testament to the endurance of love </b><br><br>Eleanor met Aaron when she was just a teenager and he was working at a local record stored¿older, experienced, and irresistibly charming. Escaping the clich¿of fleeting young love, their summer romance bloomed into a relationship that survived college and culminated in a marriage and two children. From the outside looking in, their life had all the trappings of what most would consider a success story.<br><br>But, as in any marriage, things weren¿t always as they seemed. On top of the typical stresses of parenting, money, and work, there were the untended wounds of depression, addiction, and childhood trauma. And then one day, out of nowhere: a rash appear