The Uses of Adversity (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781500352790)

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.

Author: Jeremy Seabrook
ISBN-10: 1500352799
ISBN-13: 9781500352790
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 06/30/2014
Pages: 198
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.08w x 0.42d