Rebecca Makkai, “The Great Believers”

“The Great Believers” is a novel of friendship and redemption in the face of tragedy and loss. In 1985, Yale Tishman’s career is flourishing while the AIDS epidemic grows. One by one, his friends are dying and after his friend Nico's funeral, the virus circles even closer. Soon the only person he has left is Fiona, Nico's little sister. Thirty years later, Fiona is tracking down her estranged daughter and  grappling with the devastating ways AIDS affected her life and relationships. The intertwining stories take us through the ‘80s and the chaos of the modern world, as both Yale and Fiona struggle to find goodness in the midst of disaster.

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