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Susan Bergman shares the intimate story of her father, Don Heche, who secretly lived as a gay man and ultimately died of AIDS in 1983. The memoir explores how his dual identity and illness shaped the dynamics of their charismatic, religiously conservative household, illuminating the stigma, family relationships, and societal attitudes toward AIDS patients in the early 1980s.
First publish date: 1994
Genre: Memoir/Family Memoir
Authors: Susan Bergman
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