One of Another

This was a fine book with realistic characters, but I can't help but compare it to the author's first work, "Barefoot". The original grabbed me, and haunted me, and I read it in just a couple of sittings and it became one of my favorite books.

One of Another was a tale of fear and tragedy blended beautifully with tenderness, loyalty, and love. The curse of the aids virus hit hard devastating lives yet it also brought people together and allowed the beauty of spirit to shine through the darkness of illness and death.

In "One of Another," Lizann Bassham has written a tender, funny, and of course heartbreaking chronicle of AIDS in mid-eighties San Francisco. At a time when the source of AIDS was still in doubt, and few effective treatments existed for combating this new terror, three straight and five gay characters form an extended and loving family.