All the young men : a memoir of love, AIDS, and chosen family in the American South
Burks, Ruth Coker2021
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In 1986, 26-year-old Ruth Corker Burks visits a friend in hospital when she notices that the door to one of the patient's rooms is painted red. The nurses are reluctant to enter, drawing straws to decide who will tend to the sick person inside. Out of impulse, Ruth herself enters the quarantined space and begins to care for the young man who cries for his mother in the last moments of his life. And in doing so, Ruth's own life changes forever. As word spreads in the community that she is the only person willing to help the young men afflicted by the growing AIDS crisis, Ruth goes from being an ordinary young mother to an accidental activist. Ruth kept her story a secret for years, fearful of repercussions within her deeply conservative community. But at a time when it's more important than ever to stand up for those who can't, Ruth has found the courage to have her voice heard.
Main title:
All the young men : a memoir of love, AIDS, and chosen family in the American South / Ruth Coker Burks & Kevin Carr O'Leary.
Author:
Burks, Ruth Coker, authorO'Leary, Kevin Carr, author
Imprint:
London : Trapeze, 2021.
Collation:
355 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Grove Press, 2020.
ISBN:
9781409189107 (hbk)
Dewey class:
362.19697920092362.196
Language:
English
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BRN:
591253
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