"It is these kind of glimpses into gay life (among other things) that make it hard for many Christians today to imagine that there could be anything wrong with being gay." -First Thoughts: A First Things Blog "This is a work that resists easy or tidy conclusion. While caring for ailing female relations, Giannone rediscovered a spirituality inspired in part by the desert fathers and mothers of the third century and in part by his scholarly work on Flannery O'Connor... His work captures two important historical points: the impact of AIDS on gay life and the experience of baby boomers as caregivers... His memoir will be of interest to social historians and many gay and lesbian readers." -Library Journal "... A deft spiritual autobiography, one in which the author comes to term with illness, death, his family, and his faith." -Fordham Magazine "... [A] thoughtful and gracefully written book." -The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide