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Geography Of The Heart
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Poignant and affectionate, Geography of the Heart is a moving portrait of Lambda Award winner Fenton Johnson, the son of a Kentucky whiskey brewer, and his fateful lover Larry Rose, who, three years into their intense relationship, died of AIDS.
Rose had been upfront about his condition from the start of his relationship with Johnson, and the knowledge left their interactions fraught with the pain of anticipated loss. Though Johnson never contracted the virus himself, Rose’s physical decline haunted him. He had come to depend on Rose for his care and understanding as much as Rose, increasingly fragile as their relationship progresses, depended on him.
The vivid, poignant, and wise tribute to his soulmate that Johnson has distilled into The Geography of the Heart is a memoir like no other, a startling story of compassion, perseverance, and the acute wounds that can linger in the shadow of true love.
Rose had been upfront about his condition from the start of his relationship with Johnson, and the knowledge left their interactions fraught with the pain of anticipated loss. Though Johnson never contracted the virus himself, Rose’s physical decline haunted him. He had come to depend on Rose for his care and understanding as much as Rose, increasingly fragile as their relationship progresses, depended on him.
The vivid, poignant, and wise tribute to his soulmate that Johnson has distilled into The Geography of the Heart is a memoir like no other, a startling story of compassion, perseverance, and the acute wounds that can linger in the shadow of true love.
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Fenton Johnson
FENTON JOHNSON is the author of two award-winning novels, Crossing the River and Scissors, Paper, Rock, and a memoir, Geography of the Heart. A contributor to Harper’s Magazine and the New York Times Magazine, he currently teaches at the University of Arizona.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5At the beginning I detested the writer and the person he was. But reading this book, and seeing the author struggle through his own foibles as he accepted love and worked to care for his dying partner, made me reconsider how quick I am to judge others. We all have roads to walk, and if I could have helped Johnson carry his load during the darkest days, I would have happily assisted. For at the end of the book I admired his strength, his honesty, and his taste in partners. And who he had allowed himself to become. That's the crucial bit. A really important book, I think. For gay people but really for anyone.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beneficial and spirited, though woven with poor sophomoric emotions (pride, selfishness), Fenton's tale of his love and loss - and, through which, his personal maturation - proves intriguing, contemplative, and kind-hearted.