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My heart is heavy. This was devastating and enraging. Can‘t wait to discuss with my book club next week.

The story takes place in the 80s when the general population's fear of HIV/AIDS was off the charts. It's heartbreaking to look back and recall how little compassion was shown to those who knew they were fighting a losing battle.

This left me sobbing. I finished it before Christmas and still haven't stopped thinking about it. Highly recommend the audio version!

Struggling a bit with words for this one. A devastating story of a young gay man with AIDS returning to his small home town in Ohio. Told in predominantly three voices it was heartbreaking and difficult to read but also kind of beautiful. I know this will be in my top lists of the year for sure

#ReadingBracket time!! 😊😊😊

Thanks to @BookNAround for telling me about this book two (three?) years ago ♥️
I‘ll never understand the hate, the horrible treatment, the abandonment. It wasn‘t their fault, but they were blamed anyway. I‘m thankful for this book, and I‘m thankful for the sadness because it means I won‘t forget ♥️
#booked2022 #aidsepidemic @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage

I‘m not sure whether it‘s this 😢 or this 😡.
Broke my heart 💔

Decided to start this one from birthday pile.

Sorry for a few #birthdaybooks posts - wanted to say thanks too!
These are off hubby 😁

#SundaySentence

#BookReport 31/21
I read a lot this week! So happy! And I even haven‘t included True Story in the picture since my daughter is reading it now. That one was a favorite, as was the tagged one. On to another week if reading and relaxing!

This book made me cry so hard. Each time I read a book about all young queers dying of AIDS while the world turned its back I can‘t believe these were the 80s as well. Were was I? I was a teenager doing the same things they did and I didn‘t have a clue.

This story is another heartbreaking account of those dark times, set in a rural religious community were a boy, dying of AIDS, not just meets ignorance but also pure hatred. ⬇️⬇️

A beautifully moving portrait of a family coming to grips with the knowledge that a beloved son (grandson/brother) is dying from AIDS. It‘s 1986 and the stigma surrounding the AIDS Epidemic is at the height of ignorance and hate. When Brian returns from NYC to his small Ohio hometown he faces a hostile and unwelcoming environment. The writing is vivid & visceral. The most accurate & heartbreaking story I‘ve read about this topic.

I have about 40 pages left in my WKK prequel to the Cork O‘Connor series, Lightning Strike and then I think I‘ll start the tagged book that was gifted to me by @Megabooks 🥰 I may add audio from #Scribd because I have lots of errands to run today. Happy Wednesday friends!!!

Brian was 18 when he left small-town Ohio for NYC. As a gay man in the early 80s, it was the only place he felt he could live his truth. Unfortunately, like many gay men, he caught HIV. This novel is the story of him returning to his parents‘ house to die. 💔😭 Told from Brian‘s, his sister‘s, and his mother‘s perspectives, this book brings into sharp relief the fears and misinformation about AIDS & the bigotry against gay men in 1986. #audiobook

Taking a break from stripping beds to read a few pages.

Just finished this month‘s #LMPBC #GroupL read. It was beautiful, real and oh so tragic. I am going to be sitting with it for awhile I think. Did you all notice that beneath the dust jacket is a little video cassette?

What a fabulous box of goodies from @BookNAround the book looks amazing and now my cozies have their own cover! The bookmarks are like a map of amazing ness! Thank you! And thanks to @candority for organizing!! #bestof2020swap

@ads0123 This one is heading to you! Lordy, get your tissues ready!!

#LMPBC #GroupL

Taking place in a small town in Ohio in 1986. This story is about a family during the AIDS crisis. Told in multiple POV‘s, Brian comes home to die, and the prejudices he and his family face. This was not your typical story about this crisis, as it followed one single family. This was beautiful and poignant. You will need tissues for this one.

@ads0123 @Shakespearience @bluestocking.book.nerd I have put together a non-fantasy set of choices for our #LMPBC #GroupL - do any of these look good??

More 2020 Reads

I started this in bed last night and I‘m already totally sucked into it. The writing is fantastic.

AIDS in the 1980‘s was such a very specific time to live through. I‘ve often tried to explain to my daughter the fear and the climate and it‘s so difficult to convey. Carter Sickels absolutely nails it in this gorgeous novel. So beautiful and sad. I cried many tears through this one.

A beautiful, heartbreaking story of a homecoming for a young gay man dying of AIDS in the late 80s. Sickels evokes the stifling atmosphere (both the summer heat and the small-mindedness) of small-town Ohio, perfectly. He could have been writing about my exact town. Some of the scenes were so powerful; I won't soon forget the incredible imagery. Devastated.

#weeklyreport

Planning to continue with these three this week. I've over halfway through the audiobook of Breadcrumbs, so should definitely finish that one!

@Cinfhen

I started this last night intending to make it the last read of the month, but couldn't put it down. Carter Sickels captures what the AIDS epidemic looked like in rural American through the character of Brian, who returns home in 1986 to Appalachian Ohio after most of his friends have died, including his boyfriend. ⤵️

Just starting this one. Arrived a couple of days ago from East End Books. #lgbt #aids #getindie

This made me cry at the end, which hardly ever happens. I am so into this book. It‘s a story about a virus, this time from the mid 80s.

Started this yesterday and it‘s so good!

Feeling restless and picked this at random off my kindle app. It was this or reread An Exaltation of Larks. Again.