| The Uses of Adversity Contributor(s): Seabrook, Jeremy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1500352799 ISBN-13: 9781500352790 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $16.14 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Physical Information: 0.42" H x 5.08" W x 7.8" (0.44 lbs) 198 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the story of my mother, who, in 1939, discovered her husband was suffering from tertiary syphilis - an affliction which could be cured then only by long years of treatment. The horror with which syphilis was surrounded was similar to that provoked by HIV/AIDS in the 1980s. My mother was childless at this time. Instead of being destroyed by this news, she resolved to have children anyway with a man she would choose. Her decision resulted in the birth of twins - my brother, who died ten years ago, and myself. This book is about the courage of a determined woman, and the consequences, for her and her children, of her will to survive. |