Mitt positiva liv

Alcazar-Andreas, eller HIV-Andreas, som han blev sen, berättar om hur det var att få HIV och leva med det som en hemlighet i ett helt decennium innan han vågade gå ut och berätta. En hemlighet som han kunde bevara tacke var några otroligt tursamma situationer, till exempel i Australiens tull, och som ledde till ett kokainmissbruk.

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

In 1985 Jeanette Winterson's first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, was published. It was Jeanette's version of the story of a terraced house in Accrington, an adopted child, and the thwarted giantess Mrs Winterson. It was a cover story, a painful past written over and repainted. It was a story of survival.

This book is that story's the silent twin. It is full of hurt and humour and a fierce love of life. It is about the pursuit of happiness, about lessons in love, the search for a mother and a journey into madness and out again. It is generous, honest and true.
Enligt Amazon är boken i genren Lesbiska biografier. Jag tycker nog att Jeanettes förfärliga uppväxt är mer utmärkande än hennes lesbiskhet. Fast det är klart, titeln är vad hennes adoptivmamma sa när hon höll fast vid att hon älskade kvinnor.

Just One Evil Act

Sergeant Barbara Havers is at a loss: The daughter of her friend Taymullah Azhar has been taken by her mother, and Barbara can’t really help—Azhar had never married Angelina, and his name isn’t on Hadiyyah’s, their daughter’s, birth certificate. He has no legal claim. Azhar and Barbara hire a private detective, but the trail goes cold. Azhar is just beginning to accept his soul-crushing loss when Angelina reappears with shocking news: Hadiyyah is missing, kidnapped from an Italian marketplace. The Italian police are investigating, and the Yard won’t get involved, until Barbara takes matters into her own hands — at the risk of her own career.As both Barbara and her partner, Inspector Thomas Lynley, soon discover, the case is far more complex than a typical kidnapping, revealing secrets that could have far-reaching effects outside of the investigation. With both her job and the life of a little girl on the line, Barbara must decide what matters most, and how far she’s willing to go to protect it. En gastkramande bra bok. Får toppbetyg av mig. 870 sidor kändes väldigt långt när det var som mest spännande, men sen tog boken slut för fort.