The Screaming Room: A Mother’s Journal of Her Son’s Struggle with AIDS — Barbara Peabody
Author: Barbara Peabody
Publisher: Avon Books
Format: Mass market paperback
Edition: First Avon Books printing, September 1987
ISBN: 0-380-70345-9
Condition: Second-hand. Paperback with visible shelf wear, light rubbing, age-toned pages and general handling wear. Binding appears intact from photos. Please see photos for the exact copy available.
A deeply personal memoir from Barbara Peabody, documenting her son Peter’s struggle with AIDS and the emotional toll of illness, love, fear, grief and care within a family. Written as a mother’s journal, The Screaming Room captures the human reality of the AIDS crisis through one family’s experience.
This is a moving and historically significant account of AIDS, motherhood, queer life, family loyalty and the search for courage in the face of devastating illness. It will appeal to readers interested in LGBTQ+ history, AIDS history, memoir, social history and personal testimony from the 1980s.