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Penitent, with Roses: An HIV + Mother Reflects (Bakeless Prize): An HIV + Mother Reflects (Bakeless Prize)
Paula W. Peterson
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Description for Penitent, with Roses: An HIV + Mother Reflects (Bakeless Prize): An HIV + Mother Reflects (Bakeless Prize)
Hardcover. A tough and vigorous, amusing rather than melancholic blend of literary journalism and memoir. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFSJ1; MJCJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458. 256pp. Keywords: "General, Women, HIV & AIDS, AIDS, HIV - AIDS, Women's Studies, HIV-AIDS"
A collection of essays by a white, middle-class, heterosexual Jewish mother describes the birth of her son, her diagnosis with AIDS when he was eleven-months-old, and her experiences as an AIDS activist and hotline volunteer.
A collection of essays by a white, middle-class, heterosexual Jewish mother describes the birth of her son, her diagnosis with AIDS when he was eleven-months-old, and her experiences as an AIDS activist and hotline volunteer.
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Middlebury College Press
Number of pages
244
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Dustjacket
Yes
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
Hanover, United States
ISBN
9781584651284
SKU
KHS0067546
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Ref
99-1
Reviews for Penitent, with Roses: An HIV + Mother Reflects (Bakeless Prize): An HIV + Mother Reflects (Bakeless Prize)
What makes Paula Peterson's book so touching and worthwhile are not so much the incidents it documents as its simultaneously unassuming and extraordinary tone - its author's absolute lack of self-pity and self-dramatization as she shows us how an almost unthinkably dark passage in a woman's life can be illuminated by the clear light of common sense, simple grace, and ... Read more