Promise to Remember : The NAMES Project Book of Letters
ISBN 10: 0380767112 / ISBN 13: 9780380767113
Published by HarperCollins Publishers, 1992
Bibliographic Details
Title: Promise to Remember : The NAMES Project Book...
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication Date: 1992
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Good
About this title
Synopsis:
A collection of letters written by people who have made panels for the Quilt--a loving memorial to those who died of AIDS--reveals a variety of
individuals whose words are funny, heartwarming, tender, and moving
From Publishers Weekly:
Hundreds of brief letters, most written by people who contributed panels to the huge NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, help humanize the disease
by showing how family and friends remember the diverse victims and cope with their losses. Edited by a reporter for the Washington Post , the letters
range from mundane to powerful and express a variety of emotions: tenderness, anger, sadness and hope. Some letters surprise, such as a tribute to the
"horrible" gay-baiter Roy Cohn and a military man's remembrance of his straight-arrow Army lover. Some sear, such as a mother's lament that "I was
taught how to live and how to die with dignity by my son. My only son." The book also includes instructions on how to create a panel and reproduces
messages from the Signature Square, a blank piece of the quilt where visitors can inscribe their reactions. A worthy adjunct to our understanding of
AIDS, this book should not be taken as a substitute for viewing the colorful, multitudinous and moving quilt itself, which is on display nationally and
internationally. Photos not seen by PW.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
