Quicksand :
Subtitle: HIV / AIDS in our lives
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Somerville, MA
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 103
ISBN-13: 9780763615895
Copyright date: 2009
Table of contents: title: Why I wrote this book: the still hidden world of HIV/AIDS in America -- Quicksand: Jay's diagnosis -- False fears: ways the virus is not spread -- Trapped by stigma: keeping Jay's secret -- Hit by a ton of bricks: the emotional toll -- Slowly stealing life: Jay's treatment and side effects -- Lifelines: still be a friend -- Many small deaths: Jay's final days -- Vision of hope: another family story