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001 4387967
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008 030627t20042004mau 000 0 eng
010 $a 2003014314
020 $a0807083526 (cloth : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm52547569
035 $a(NNC)4387967
035 $a4387967
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dOrLoB-B
050 00 $aPS3616.E845$bW66 2004
082 00 $a813/.6$222
100 1 $aPeterson, Paula W.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2001004953
245 10 $aWomen in the grove /$cPaula W. Peterson.
260 $aBoston :$bBeacon Press,$c[2004], ©2004.
300 $a205 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
505 00 $tA Miracle -- $tAfrica -- $tBig Brother -- $tThe Woman in the Long Green Coat -- $tCherry's Ghost -- $tAlfie and Grace -- $tThe As and Is -- $tIn the Grove -- $tSong of Camille.
520 1 $a"Lucinda, of "A Miracle," is visited by a red-haired man in a pinstriped suit who turns out to be God - somewhat shy and insecure, but the only savior she's likely to encounter. Emigre Olga, "The Woman in the Long Green Coat," bewitches her doctor, inhabiting his creams and awakening him to the mysteries of the human soul. Cherry physically battles the ghost of her ex-husband, Duane, who appears in her house every night to torment her. "The As and Is" (the affecteds and the infecteds) are teenagers living with AIDS who find adolescence and romance tragically complicated by their proximity to illness and death. Grace, a heroine who is both brave and deluded, fears that if she divulges her HIV status to her lover, it will prevent the marriage she so desperately needs. In the masterful closing story, Camille struggles to reach an almost impossible goal - one year clean and sober - despite seemingly overwhelming obstacles. Hers is an entirely fresh and unexpected brand of heroism." "In story after story, Peterson presents the humanity of each of her characters even as they are compelled to make impossible choices, sometimes disastrous ones, about how they will spend the rest of their days. Peterson uses living with HIV as a jumping-off point from which to examine complex human situations - finding and losing love, facing mortality, unmasking delusions, discovering hidden strengths, and sometimes accepting the presence of miracles. These stories do not focus on illness and medical horrors but on the psychological and emotional dimensions of living - truly living - in defiance of death."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aAIDS (Disease)$xPatients$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100927
650 0 $aAIDS (Disease) in women$vFiction.
650 0 $aHIV-positive women$vFiction.
650 0 $aWomen$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010118138
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip045/2003014314.html
852 00 $boff,glx$hPS3616.E845$iW66 2004