‘Wise Before Their Time’ by Ann Richardson and Dietmar Bolle was first published in 1992 and focuses on the everyday lives of people suffering with HIV/AIDS. Victims talk about how they found out about their disease, their thoughts and feelings at the time of diagnosis, and the effect the HIV diagnosis had on their immediate families. You can check it out by clicking the worldwide link here: http://bookShow.me/B0762QGY83
Reading it over 25 years later it’s plain to see how ignorant the public were at that time regarding not only HIV/AIDS, but also how victims of the disease were treated. There are heartbreaking stories of people losing their livelihoods once they admit they are HIV positive. However, the book is not all doom and gloom – there are many inspirational stories here from sufferers who feel very well and enjoy living life to the full.
Of course these days, treatment options have increased the lifespan for the majority of HIV sufferers, and being HIV positive is not necessarily the death sentence it once was. AIDS victims were always in the news back in 1992, but a quarter of a century later it’s hardly mentioned at all.
Recommended for those who would like to delve a little bit into the early days of HIV/AIDS.
Ann Richardson writes about different subjects that interest her. You can check out the rest of Ann’s books by clicking the link below to her Amazon author page:
https://www.amazon.com/Ann-Richardson/e/B001KCPSC2/
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