When the man she loves confesses to being unfaithful, Madison McGuire, 30, a black teacher in a Los Angeles private school gives him the boot and proceeds to seek a replacement. But finding another man to love is not easy--there is lots of sex, but no love--and by the time her first love comes back knocking on the door, she has caught the aids virus....

"Nicola is beautiful, wealthy and newly divorced. Angry and bitter with the world over her life's failures, she goes on a sexual rampage and destroys everything in her path"--P. [4] of cover.

"The Christodora is home to Milly and Jared, a privileged young couple with artistic ambitions. Their neighbor Hector, a Puerto Rican gay man who was once a celebrated AIDS activist but is now a lonely addict, becomes connected to Milly and Jared's lives in ways none of them can anticipate. Meanwhile, Milly and Jared's adopted son Mateo grows to see the opportunity for both self-realization and oblivion that New York offers"--Amazon.com.

When his beloved Uncle Tim dies of AIDS, Daniel struggles to find reassurance and understanding and finds that his favorite grown-up has left him a legacy of joy and courage.

When the members of the fifth-grade video club find out their club sponsor has AIDS, they have a variety of reactions before learning more about the disease and deciding to stick by her.

Fernando returns home after a prolonged absence to attend to his most beloved brother, Dario, an AIDS patient whose health is slowly deteriorating owing to his alcohol and marijuana use. Vallejo indulges in digressions into past memories that they both share, which include endless adolescent partying and homosexual love affairs. La Muerte (Death), the character around whom the narrative ultimately revolves, appears throughout, touching different members...

A collection of short stories for young adults with interests in HIV, domestic violence, mental health, sexual abuse, and teen pregnancy.

Recently graduated from high school, Ellen's life and future seem perfect as she looks forward to college and eventual marriage to her wonderful boyfriend--until a blood test shows she is HIV positive, and a nightmare for her and her family begins.

"Forty years in the making, [this work] sets forth Larry Kramer's vision of his homeland ... In this first volume, which runs up to the 1950s, we meet prehistoric monkeys who spread a peculiar virus; a Native American shaman whose sexual explorations mutate into occult visions; and early English settlers who establish loving same-sex couples only to fall prey to the forces of bigotry. George Washington and Alexander Hamilton revel in unexpected intimacies,...