An edition of Anonymity (1994)

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An edition of Anonymity (1994)

Anonymity

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Don Heche died of AIDS in 1983 at the age of forty-five, one of the earliest casualties of the disease. But he was not the only victim of his illness: he left behind a wife and four children. How her family dealt with their predicament - not only the loss of husband and father but the overwhelming knowledge of his secret homosexual life - is the subject of Susan Bergman's powerful memoir.

Bergman's narration weaves back and forth through time as she juxtaposes childhood recollections with meditations on the breaking up of the Heche family and the lasting effects on those who survived. She reexamines the family's images of themselves in the light of their new awareness, looking for the telltale fault lines in what had seemed an all-American story. She seeks out her father's friends and companions in his other life, including those who cared for him in his last days.

In the process, she comes to a new understanding of her father, her family, and herself, which has profound influence on the way she chooses to live her own life. Susan Bergman writes with frankness, conviction, and impressive narrative art. Anonymity is a heartrending, memorable revelation of the hard truths and healing lessons of one family's extraordinary experience.

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Language
English
Pages
198

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Cover of: Anonymity
Anonymity: the secret life of an American family
1995, Warner Books
in English - Warner Books ed.
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Anonymity
1994, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Hardcover in English - 1st ed.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
362.1/9697/920092, B
Library of Congress
RC607.A26 H383 1994, RC607.A26H383 1994

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
x, 198 p. ;
Number of pages
198

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Open Library
OL1417504M
Internet Archive
anonymity00berg
ISBN 10
0374254079
LCCN
93027136
OCLC/WorldCat
28634447
Library Thing
326928
Goodreads
2670581

Work Description

The author tells of the secret life of her father, Don Heche, who died of AIDS in 1983 and the affect his double-life had on her religiously conservative family.

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