Author : Tina A. Brown
Publisher :
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 16,10 MB
Release : 2008-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780979965906
Book Description
Written with the immediacy of a novel, this groundbreaking work of creative nonfiction traces the awakening of AIDS activist Linda Jordan, a woman whose life was a struggle to survive, and who became a messenger of hope for families coping with AIDS. From her unlikely beginnings as a second-generation welfare recipient, rape victim, and heroin addict to her eventual status as a local hero, this inspirational true story follows Linda through all five harrowing decades of her life in Hartford, Connecticut.