A Working-Class Family Ages Badly av Juno Roche

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<p><b><H1>''An incredibly honest tale of survival, escape and resilience'' <i>The Observer </i></H1></b><br><br><b>''Roche is a charming, unflinchingly honest guide on a journey that''s as funny as it is heart-breaking.'' JUNO DAWSON</b><br><br><b><i>How does an untrained eye recognise the process of dying, when your mind is fixed firmly on living?</i></b><br><br><b>A radically honest and uplifting memoir about defying death and learning to live.</b><br><br><b>Juno Roche</b> was born into a working-class family in London in the sixties, who dabbled in minor crime. For their father, <b>violence and love</b> lived together; for their mother, addiction was the only way to survive. School was a respite, but shortly after beginning their university course <b>Juno was diagnosed with HIV, then a death sentence</b>.<br><br>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