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Overview
Thomas and Anthony are lovers struggling with Anthony's final, exhausting battle with AIDS. Joined by their friend Susanah and a retired doctor, whose help Thomas has requested, they fashion a heartbreaking friendship as they work through the stages of a plan to relieve Anthony of his illness and his life. Each character does battle with the moral and legal issues that attend the decision to help Anthony die - is this murder or mercy? Rabe creates a passionate depiction of four people confronted with the reality of a loved one's fight with death, and a compelling dramatic event that poses the question: "What would you do?"
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- ISBN-13: 9780802135490
- ISBN-10: 0802135498
- Publisher: Grove Press
- Publish Date: January 1998
- Dimensions: 8.25 x 5.51 x 0.43 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.35 pounds
- Page Count: 224
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