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Other Pandemic, The: An AIDS Memoir
Lynn Curlee
Ages: 14+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Charlesbridge Teen/Charlesbridge
ISBN: 978-1-62354-350-1
Keywords: AIDS/HIV, gender, grief, history, love
A gay man gives a straightforward account of his life during the 1970s, '80s, and '90s, when a strange disease began annihilating his friends. Photos. Selected bibliography, source notes, index. Mature content