The Gifts of the Body by Rebecca Brown
I recently read this book in my literacy class. It was a story about a woman who is a home care nurse to AIDS victims in the 1980s. It is an intensely emotional book, as the reader tags along with the narrator as she sees her patients last days. The book can be hard to swallow at times. Rebecca's use of details make the story very vivid to the reader, hitting the reader at he or her nervous system. I found that my initial reading of the book was not as intense as I had expected. However, when drawing deeper into the book and remembering memories of death and pain in my own life, the book took a new turn for me. It became more real and more intimate. I highly recommend this book!
Just hopped on over to your blog, Katie! Love it! And I especially admire your faith and commitment to God—I know that my faith is the basis of everything good in my life. I love it when others find happiness too!
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