Catherine Wyatt-Morley, while refusing to play a victim, presents the physical, psychological and social reality of living with HIV/AIDS. Her story is one of love, faith and hope in the direst circumstances. Separating disease fact from fiction, she provides a rare view into an adverse world that must simultaneously be combated and embraced.
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This powerful memoir by an average mom turned AIDS activist ranges from humorous (comments about a haircut from hell) to sobering (her account of the progression of her disease and the demise of her marriage). Wyatt-Morley is middle-class, middle-aged, educated, religious, and HIV-positive. Her journal entries document her transformation from a typical, healthy mother of three to a single parent fighting both HIV and the system. And there is a lot to fight. Being a woman of color, Wyatt-Morley found that most AIDS resources do not address her needs, concerns, or fears. However, she helped create her own networks and support groups and took charge of her health. Running through the text are poems by Wyatt-Morley and others. One in particular, Sherry McMillan's "I Am AIDS," is alone worth the price of the text. Recommended for AIDS and African American health collections.?Lee Arnold, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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In chronological diary entries, Wyatt-Morley traces life from age 36 and her March 1994 hysterectomy and HIV-positive diagnosis a month later to August 1996. She tells of being infected by her husband, Tim; of her problems being reinstated at her manufacturing job; of the standoffish priest who offers no spiritual succor; of Tim's bouts with alcohol, T cell count declines, and viral-load increases; of her own physical deterioration, which left her so weak she must literally crawl up stairs; of her adoptive mother's refusal to deal with the illness, which made Wyatt-Morley regret having told her. Determined to reach out to other women, especially minorities, she developed a video for women and families facing AIDS and started a support group for women with AIDS. Those projects, her psychologist, and her writing, eventuating in this document for her children and all whose lives are touched by the disease, helped her keep going. A good mainstream addition. Whitney Scott
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