All the Young Men - How One Woman Risked It All To Care For The Dying

Erin Brockovich meets Dallas Buyers Club, All The Young Men is a gripping and triumphant tale of human compassion, telling the true story of a young single mother who finds herself driven to the forefront of the AIDS crisis, and who risks everything to give victims back their humanity.

About the author

Ruth Coker Burks was a young single mum in Hot Springs, Arkansas who cared for people with AIDS when no one else would in the 1980s and 1990s. With no medical background, Ruth single-handedly created a network of care, and saw to the final resting places of roughly a thousand men abandoned by families and neglected by medical professionals. For 30 years, Ruth has been an advocate for the LGBTQ community. She currently resides in Northwest Arkansas.

Summary

Erin Brockovich meets Dallas Buyers Club, All The Young Men is a gripping and triumphant tale of human compassion, telling the true story of a young single mother who finds herself driven to the forefront of the AIDS crisis, and who risks everything to give victims back their humanity.

Additional text

A story of ordinary but heroic human empathy

Product details

• Authors: Ruth Coker Burks
• Publisher: Trapeze
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.08.2021
• EAN: 9781409189121
• ISBN: 978-1-4091-8912-1
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics, Political activism, United States of America, USA, Gay & Lesbian studies, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, HIV / AIDS, Medicine: HIV/AIDS, retroviral diseases, Political activism / Political engagement, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics