28 Stories of AIDS in Africa.

• Author: Pozez, Gerri
• Position: Brief article - Book review

28 STORIES OF AIDS IN AFRICA

Stepbanie Nolen

(New York: Walker & Company, 2008), 375 pages.

In 28 Stories of AIDS in Africa, Stephanie Nolen provides a gripping and detailed human-interest story. Nolen's extensive research and personal interest in the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa fills the pages of her book with riveting personal histories. To add an even more personal touch to this already heart-wrenching book, she has included photographs in each of the twenty-eight chapters. Each of these stories, she explains in the introduction, represents 1 million of the 28 million people infected with HIV in Africa. Nolen demonstrates the indiscriminate nature of this disease, and her deep research on the subject matter shines throughout her writing.

She tells the story of Tigist and Yohannes, both children orphaned by this disease, trying to take care of each other amidst the harsh and uncertain conditions that they find themselves, not knowing if they will have the money next month to continue to pay their rent...