In the Absence of Angels

In the Absence of Angels
ISBN-10
0425130231
ISBN-13
9780425130230
Category
AIDS (Disease)
Pages
318
Language
English
Published
1992
Publisher
Berkley Publishing Group
Author
Elizabeth Glaser

Description

A personal account of the tragic impact of AIDS chronicles one family's battle with the disease, after a blood transfusion infects a mother and her children, and describes their life-affirming efforts to do something about it

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