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Borrowed Time by Paul Monette

Borrowed Time

An AIDS Memoir

Paul Monette

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · June 1, 1998

This "tender and lyrical" memoir (New York Times Book Review) remains one of the most compelling documents of the AIDS era-"searing, shattering, ultimately hope inspiring account of a great love story" (San Francisco Examiner).

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Who it’s for
A personal memoir brings the AIDS era into intimate, emotionally layered focus.
Themes
AIDS era, Great love, Hope
Genres
LGBTQ+ Lives, HIV & AIDS, Personal Memoirs

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About this book

This "tender and lyrical" memoir (New York Times Book Review) remains one of the most compelling documents of the AIDS era-"searing, shattering, ultimately hope inspiring account of a great love story" (San Francisco Examiner). A National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and the winner of the PEN Center West literary award.

Love and Witness

A personal memoir brings the AIDS era into intimate, emotionally layered focus.

Come here for

  • A close-up perspective on a history with lasting weight
  • Memoir shaped by love and the AIDS era

Expect

  • A serious, tender reading experience
  • Personal feeling alongside historical resonance

Where it sits

LGBTQ+ Lives83%
Personal Memoirs58%
HIV & AIDS42%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Lives in History
  • Political Lives
  • Lives of the Rich & Famous
  • Lives in Medicine
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  • Personal Memoirs
  • Food World Lives
  • LGBTQ+ Lives
  • Jewish Lives
Authors
Paul Monette
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
June 1, 1998
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
AIDS era · Great love · Hope
Reading lane
Lives in History