A review by fullybooked22
All the Young Men by Ruth Coker Burks

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

I found this to be such a fast-paced read, i found myself staying up much later than anticipated to keep reading it
it was incredibly sad and inspiring as is to be expected of a book covering the AIDs epidemic but there was consistent humour and joy aswell. 
Would very much recommend to anyone wanting to learn more about the topic or just as a fascinating memoir

interesting as well in terms of articulation of domestic issues like divorce and death, but also the choices Ruth had to make that in many ways didn’t benefit her daughter Allison but did benefit the hundreds of individuals she helped to look after

also found the co-writing really interesting, it’s openly addressed in this book in a way you rarely see 

the ending was sad — even by the epilogue it feels like ruth never received support from her community