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Lapierre, Dominique Beyond Love: The Epic Story of Doctors and Scientists, Sisters and Patients, Heroes and Dreamers Fighting the Greatest Plague of Our Time
Warner Books Inc 1991 0446514381 / 9780446514385 First American Edition Hard Cover As New As New
As-New / Unread copy - NO remainder marks or price clippings - Tight spine - Bright pages - Stated First U.S. Edition - price inside dustcover: $22.95 - NO writing, marks or tears inside book - 400 pages - Here are the trials and triumphs of dozens of people battling AIDS on various fronts; from the ambitious American scientist who endured jeers-until he discovered a family of human viruses so deadly it sent scientists fleeing from the laboratories; to the energetic French physician who knew he had to convince his peers this was more than "a weird gay epidemic"; to the plucky American doctor who stored infected research tissue in her home freezer-next to her families dessert. Beyond Love is richly textured drama of dauntless men and women tackling the greatest challenge of our time. They are research scientists, virologists, and lab technicians desperately struggling to find a cure. They are doctors, patients, and nurses facing the unknown. They are peopl of courage and committed beyond expectation…beyond love. With his customary flair for high drama, trenchant characterizations and journalistic savvy, French author Lapierre ( City of Joy ) tells the story of the global battle against the AIDS epidemic as no one has told it before. In this extraordinary, deeply moving book, Mother Theresa's work supervising New York City's first hospice for AIDS victims provides the spiritual anchor of a narrative that hops from Calcutta to Paris's Pasteur Institute to Atlanta's Center for Disease Control, where microbe hunters struggle to overcome an ``artful and discreet'' adversary, the AIDS virus. Lapierre interweaves dozens of personal dramas as he records researchers' frantic efforts, patients' mental anguish and the odyssey of Sister Ananda, former Indian leper who went on to heroic efforts in caring for persons with AIDS. The AIDS epidemic is well into its second decade, and with it comes a growing body of ``AIDS literature.'' Inspired in part by the opening of an AIDS hospice in Manhattan in early 1986 by Mother Teresa, Lapierre, author of The City of Joy ( LJ 11/1/85), chronicles the early rush in the 1980s to identify the AIDS virus and the attempt to help those afflicted with the disease. The protagonists of this story are many, ranging from French scientists to Indian nuns to American hospital workers to the early victims who participated in various experiments that led to the use of AZT. Reminiscent of Randy Shilts's And the Band Played On ( LJ 11/15/87) in its broad sweep, sense of drama, and cast of memorable characters, the book, however, avoids Shilts's partisanship and, in striving to be fair, risks sounding tepid at times. But Lapierre is a master storyteller who has found a subject worthy of his skills and creates a compelling work.
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