ISBN: 9780802157256
Editorial: Grove Press
Autor: Burks, Ruth Coker
Año de edición: 2021
N° Paginas: 368
Tipo de pasta: Pasta blanda
Descripción: Review"Praise for All The Young MenFinalist for the Lambda Literary AwardOne of Library Journal’s Best Biographies and Memoirs of 2020 “My friend Ruth Coker Burks is one of the most amazing people I know. The care she gave HIV-positive gay men in and around our hometown of Hot Springs, Arkansas during the desperate early days of the AIDS crisis helped them live and die with dignity in the face of stigma and discrimination. In All the Young Men, Ruth tells their stories and hers with the same warmth, wit, grace, and gumption that I have admired for decades. This book will make you love her as much as I do.” ―President Bill Clinton“Burks and [O’Leary] balance tragedy with bright moments of joy, sly humor and inspiring empathy in this surprisingly pleasurable memoir.” —San Francisco Chronicle“Throughout the memoir, it’s hard not to fall in love with Burks for her big-heartedness and enduring sense of humor in the face of suffering… Burks forges a path alongside these vulnerable men, her embrace of education and rejection of bigotry light the way forward for us all.” —BookPage, starred review"A powerful memoir... Burks’s spirited, straightforward prose balances the heartbreak of her story with just enough humor and toughness. A must-read for anyone interested in narratives of front-line responses to the early AIDS crisis as well as personal accounts of kindness and determination." —Library Journal, starred review“Burks’ vivid memories of ‘my guys’ and the trials she endured fighting against prejudice offer a portrait of courageous compassion that is both rare and inspiring . . . [A] deeply moving, meaningful book.”—Kirkus Reviews“Anecdotes of small-town gay bars and drag queen rivalries add levity to tales of hardship and sacrifice—crosses set ablaze on her lawn, her young daughter ostracized at school . . . This worthy account offers as much bitter as sweet.” —Publishers Weekly"All The Young Men is an urgent story that needs to be told about the early years of AIDS in the American South. From her first moving encounter with an abandoned young man hours before he died, Ruth Coker Burks cares for ill gay men and fights homophobia with compassion, wit, courage and righteous anger. It's inspiring and compelling to read of her battles against indignities and intimidation, bigoted families and churches, and demeaning health care. The reader cheers her on when Coker Burks finds both opponents and allies in her work. She writes of Jimmy, Howard, Douglas, Danny, Neil, Tim and Jim, Marc, Bob and Phil, Chip, Luke, Angel, Jerry, Misty, Billy and all her ‘guys’: ‘I wanted them to be counted, to have their lives matter.’ All The Young Men achieves that beautifully, memorably, in their honour."—ROBERT HAMBERGER, author of A Length of Road“This crisp, clear book describes without sentimentality the brave story of a woman who sacrificed her standing in her community for men she didn’t yet know. At great personal hazard, she managed to love people who had been discarded as unlovable and gave them respect, compassion, and dignity. Many so-called ‘inspirational books’ are mawkish; this one is merely honest. It is a compelling book about courage and love.” —Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday Demon and Far from the Tree“An extraordinary tale.” —The Evening Standard“It’s a brighter story of human nature…this is a paean to making friendships across boundaries, to being kind even when the cost is nearly unbearable.” —The Guardian“Kevin Carr O'Leary has taken Burks' stories and turned them into a beautiful book, catching her Southern sass and charm.” —The Sunday Times“Burks’s mission, once surreptitious, is no longer a secret.” —People“In those desperate early days, thank God Ruth Coker Burks was there to stand up against fear and stigma.”—President Bill Clinton"This astonishing modern-day Good Samaritan story will move you to tears of sadness and outrage, but also buoy you. For Coker Burks is a do-gooder with sass. And hers is a stor
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