01554cam a2200241 4500 444352485 TxAuBib 20201216120000.0 201021s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781632461179 PAP 16.95 163246117X PAP 16.95 TxAuBib Thornton, Kasey. Lord the one you love is sick [BOOK] : a novel in stories / Kasey Thornton. New York : IG Publishing, 2020. 232 pages ; 21 cm. "Gentry Coats' fatal overdose stuns a small community in North Carolina, triggering a series of tragic events that threaten the town's traditional values. It triggers a mental breakdown in his best friend, a police officer, whose wife grapples with the burden of her vows in the face of her husband's disturbing behavior. Bitter and lonely, Gentry's mother struggles to place blame surrounding the death of her oldest son, while her younger son retreats into a strange and devastating isolation. And, on the outskirts of town, an eight-year old girl and her older sister cope with an unspeakable secret. All the while, the patriarchs of the community sit together gossiping at the local diner, trusting the Lord to heal the afflictions that haunt their beloved town.". 20201216. Drugs Overdose Fiction. Small cities Fiction. North Carolina Fiction. Religious fiction.