Ripples from the Edge of Life

When given a prognosis of two weeks to live and then told he had both HIV and AIDS the author shaken to his core embarks on a series of life changing decisions. In this book Roland, along with a dozen other people all talk frankly and with an honest charm about their own diagnosis experience with HIV and how that altered them, changed them and brought new insight into their lives. Roland’s reflections on his life put things into context and it felt like listening to someone much loved recanting a story of survival to me, allowing us readers to comprehend the earthquakes of emotion which accompany these kind of shattering medical revelations and also how to put them in perspective, understand the impact and learn to live, fully and with passion, our remaining days out. None of us know how many heartbeats we have left; facing mortality is a culturally difficult thing. This book gives us clear clarion voice after voice showing us gently but insistently the many ways of successfully navigating horrific times and surviving.