Lazarus rising

Caldwell, Joseph 1928- (author.).

Summary: "This dark, propulsive novel, the crowning masterwork by the 92-year-old Caldwell, takes place during 1992, when AIDS was still an incurable scourge and death casualties were every day events. One cold winter night, when the artist, Dempsey Coates, is on the way home to her loft, she encounters a several alarm blaze, water jetting every which way from hydrants, and ends up offering several fireman a place to get warm. One of them is Johnny Donegan, a passionate lad who falls madly in love with her and is determined, through prayer and sheer perseverance, to make a life with Dempsey that will be unimpeded by the specter of her illness. But when the couple is finally blessed with an unexpected stroke of good luck, this very twist of fate that promises an enduring future ends up coming between them in a very tragic and unforeseen way"."--Provided by publisher.

Item details

ISBN: 9781883285999
ISBN: 1883285992
Physical Description: print
216 pages ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Encino, CA : Delphinium Books, [2020]
Copyright: ©2020

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Subject:

AIDS (Disease) Patients United States Fiction
Man-woman relationships Fiction
Women artists Fiction
Fire fighters Fiction
City and town life New York (State) New York Fiction
Nineteen nineties Fiction
New York (N.Y.) Social conditions 20th century Fiction

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Fiction.
Social problem fiction.
Social problem fiction.

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