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A Rock and a Hard Place: One Boy's Triumphant Story

Written with maturity and wisdom, this book gives voice to the most eloquent and tragic young writer since Ann Frank. Johnson's story of AIDS, abuse, and hope received extensive media coverage. Foreword by Paul Monette; Afterword by Fred Rogers, with a new Afterword by the author.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 304 pages

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