- Format: Innbundet
- Antall sider: 320
- Språk: Engelsk
- Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
- EAN: 9780349702346
- Utgivelsesår: 2022
- Bidragsyter: Roche, Juno
''An incredibly honest tale of survival, escape and resilience'' The Observer
''Roche is a charming, unflinchingly honest guide on a journey that''s as funny as it is heart-breaking.'' JUNO DAWSON
How does an untrained eye recognise the process of dying, when your mind is fixed firmly on living?
A radically honest and uplifting memoir about defying death and learning to live.
Juno Roche was born into a working-class family in London in the sixties, who dabbled in minor crime. For their father, violence and love lived together; for their mother, addiction was the only way to survive. School was a respite, but shortly after beginning their university course Juno was diagnosed with HIV, then a death sentence.
Juno is a survivor; they outlived their diagnosis, got a degree and became an artist. But however hard you try to take the kid out of the family, some scars go too deep; try