Love Ruins Everything Author:Karen X. Tulchinsky Heartbreak, romance, family and biotech intrigue combine in this spirited first novel by short-story writer Tulchinsky (In Her Nature). — Young lesbian Nomi Rabinovitch is living in San Francisco when her lover unexpectedly dumps her for a burly, buzzcut man. While Nomi is recovering from her broken heart, her widowed mother calls and summons her... more » to Toronto to attend her sudden second wedding. There, Nomi is reunited with both a long-lost crush and her beloved gay cousin, both of whom are involved in a plot to publicize "proof" that the American government created the AIDS virus as a biochemical weapon. « less