April Fool's Day - Softcover

Courtenay, Bryce

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140272933 ISBN 13: 9780140272932

Publisher: Penguin, 1998

Synopsis

'It is a deeply personal story. I think I must have wept on every page. Each day as I sat down to write I would have to open the wound again, and frankly, it hurt like hell ... Damon had an enormous lust for life and we thought he was going to be a very spectacular gift to the world, until AIDS cut his life short.' Bryce Courtenay's beloved son Damon, a haemophiliac, died from medically acquired AIDS on April Fool's Day 1991, at the age of 24. In this heart-rendingly painful, funny, and controversial book he celebrates his son's life. But he also condemns the medical approach taken towards AIDS, and how he and his family coped with Damon's haemophilia and early death. It is a story of the incredible strength of family love.

About this title

About the Author:

Bryce Courtenay is the bestselling author of The Power of One, Tandia, April Fool's Day, The Potato Factory, Tommo & Hawk, Solomon's Song, Jessica, A Recipe for Dreaming, The Family Frying Pan, The Night Country, Smoky Joe's Cafe, Four Fires, Matthew Flinders' Cat, Brother Fish, Whitethorn, Sylvia, The Persimmon Tree, Fishing for Stars, The Story of Danny Dunn, Fortune Cookie and Jack of Diamonds.
Bryce Courtenay AM passed away in November 2012, aged seventy-nine, at his home in Canberra.

Synopsis:

The author of THE POWER OF ONE celebrates the life of his son Damon, a haemophiliac, who died from medically acquired AIDS at the age of 24. He also condemns the medical approach taken towards AIDS and describes how he and his family coped with Damon's haemophilia and early death. Originally published in 1995 by Heinemann.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0140272933
• ISBN 13: 9780140272932
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 648