Bleeder
Subtitle: a Memoir
By: Shelby Smoak
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: East Lansing
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9781609173555; 9781628950601; 9781628960600; 9781611860696
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; Hemophiliacs; Biography; General
Description: A coming-of-age memoir for modern times, Bleeder is the incredibly compelling tale of author Shelby Smoak. A hemophiliac, Smoak discovered he had been infected with HIV during a blood transfusion at the start of his college career. This devastating and destabilizing news led Smoak to see his world from an entirely new perspective, one in which life-threatening illness was perpetually just around the corner. Set in the 1990s along the North Carolina coast, Bleeder traces Smoak's quest for love in a world that feels increasingly dangerous, and despite a future that feels increasingly uncertain. From the bedroom to the operating room, and from one hospital to the next, Smoak seeks out hope and better health.
Table of contents: title: Blood; title: A man in hiding; title: the regular; title: Ana; title: Sandwich interlude; title: Throwing hope away; title: The split; title: Summer 21; title: The pine cone did it; title: Lungs; title: Ears; title: Yachts; title: Sunset upon the heart; title: The handbook to dating with HIV; title: My Lolita; title: Chase Manhattan owns me; title: Ankles; title: The depressing effect of numbers; title: Loose lips; title: The unicorn; title: Winter is the cruelest season; title: Cocktails; title: Recovery 00 The open door.