Why this book exists
A focused place to understand what is happening
Jonty is twenty-six, and eight months ago he sat in a clinic room and was told he had HIV. What he remembers of the next few minutes is not the information, which he could not take in, but a set of conclusions arriving all at once and with total authority. That he would not have a normal life. That he would probably not have children. That he could never be with anyone without endangering them. That he would have to tell people, and that they would look at him differently. That his health would decline and that he would die of it, sooner than he should. He walked out carrying every one of those beliefs, and none of them is true. HIV in this country is now a manageable long-term condition treated with medication that most people take once a day, and.
The writing is designed to reduce shame, bring the underlying pattern into view and give you practical ways to respond without pretending that every life follows the same formula.
