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Mentioned in 16 episodes
The Great Believers
Book • 1918
The Great Believers follows two intertwining storylines.
The first is set in 1980s and '90s Chicago, where Yale Tishman, an art gallery acquisitions manager, navigates the devastating effects of the AIDS epidemic on his community.
The second storyline takes place in Paris in 2015, where Fiona Marcus, a secondary character from the first storyline, searches for her estranged daughter and grapples with the long-term consequences of the epidemic on her life.
The novel explores themes of loss, betrayal, friendship, and survival, and it is known for its detailed portrayal of the emotional and social impacts of the AIDS crisis.
The first is set in 1980s and '90s Chicago, where Yale Tishman, an art gallery acquisitions manager, navigates the devastating effects of the AIDS epidemic on his community.
The second storyline takes place in Paris in 2015, where Fiona Marcus, a secondary character from the first storyline, searches for her estranged daughter and grapples with the long-term consequences of the epidemic on her life.
The novel explores themes of loss, betrayal, friendship, and survival, and it is known for its detailed portrayal of the emotional and social impacts of the AIDS crisis.
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Karen Kilgariff as an incredible book that gives a fictionalized version of the AIDS crisis in Chicago during the 1980s.
Karen Kilgariff as an incredible book that gives a fictionalized version of the AIDS crisis in Chicago during the 1980s.
457 - In With The Goths
Recommended by Deborah Korenstein as a great book about gay men in Chicago in the 80s dying of AIDS.
#189 Medical Overuse: Common Cases of Overtesting, Overdiagnosis, Overtreatment
