Recognizing that it has been a long time since she took a vacation, the building's landlady, Anna Madrigal, decides to travel to Greece to meet up with her daughter, Mona Ramsey, on the island of Lesbos.
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Michael continues to co-own his nursery, Plant Parenthood, with Brian, while monitoring his scheduled AZT dosages to keep his HIV infection in check.
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The story takes place in 1988 around the eve of the Presidential Election, three years after the previous book Significant Others.