Rating: Summary: Deeply Moving Review: This book is so poignant and lovingly crafted that I cried. The writing is beautiful as is the way this story unfolds, and what this family goes through in a time when AIDS was not accepted is angering.After reading this book, I dreamt that I was diagnosed with AIDS . . . definately not a pick-me-up, but a poignant and tumultuous tale.
Rating: Summary: Hug A Person With AIDS-You Won't Catch It! Review: This book tells the story of an American family, as ordinary and special as your own is. Polly is the mother of two children, a boy and a girl. Ivan her husband, is an astronomer. Their son Charlie is an eight-year-old obsessed with dinosaurs; and Amanda their eleven-year-old has high aspirations with gymnastics. When Amanda suddenly becomes ill, her mom takes her to the family doctor, thinking it's only the flu. But a real tragedy is in store for the whole family, when they find out that the real problem is AIDS. As the word spreads, throughout their neighborhood and community, the family is shunned. No one wants to come around them, thinking they will contract the virus by getting too close. The book is very true-to-life, in that it points out that AIDS is misunderstood by others. The author points out that the only way to get AIDS is through blood or other body fluids. You don't get the virus simply by being a friend, or family member to a person with AIDS. Very well written.
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