Title: Body Counts: A Memoir of Politics, Sex, AIDS, and Survival.
Author: Sean Strub
Until I read this book, I had pushed to the back of my mind the horrors of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and 1990s, although I lost many loved ones to that disease. Sean Strub lived through that era and was hospitalized and walks away from death when the first, life-saving "cocktails" of AIDS drugs were made available. He recounts the many years of activism and struggle for government recognition of and funding for HIV and AIDS. The book contains many fascinating anecdotes of his interactions with political and public figures, including Andy Warhol, Tennessee Williams, Keith Haring, Bill Clinton, and Yoko Ono.
Non-Fiction; rated 4 out of 5.
Reviewed by Jan.
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