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.
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Tina A. Brown has written for the Asbury Park Press, the Cape Cod Times, the Hartford Courant, and the Macon Telegraph. Her work has been recognized for excellence by the Journalism Center on Children and Families; Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland; Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism; The National Association of Black Journalists; The New England Associated Press News Executives Association; and the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists' Association. She lives in Hartford, Connecticut.
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