Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
432 pages ; 24 cm |
Summary |
An artistic couple, their adopted son, and a once-celebrated AIDS activist connect in unexpected ways in their bohemian Manhattan East Village apartment over the course of decades marked by the Tompkins Square Riots, addiction, the hipster generation, and the glass-ceiling wealth of the 2020s. |
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"The Christodora is home to Milly and Jared, a privileged young couple with artistic ambitions. Their neighbor Hector, a Puerto Rican gay man who was once a celebrated AIDS activist but is now a lonely addict, becomes connected to Milly and Jared's lives in ways none of them can anticipate. Meanwhile, Milly and Jared's adopted son Mateo grows to see the opportunity for both self-realization and oblivion that New York offers"--Amazon.com. |
Subject |
East Village (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.
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AIDS (Disease) -- Fiction.
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New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1951- -- Fiction.
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Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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ISBN |
9780802125286 |
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080212528X |
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