Book guide
The Great Believers
Two timelines confront the love and loss left behind by the AIDS crisis.
GenresHistoricalLiterary
Genre and trope pairingsHistoricalLGBTQ+HistoricalRedemptionLiteraryLGBTQ+LiteraryRedemptionLiteraryGrief journeyLiteraryIntergenerational trauma
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About The Great Believers
Yale’s 1980s Chicago story and Fiona’s search for her daughter in Paris decades later intertwine as both reckon with grief, survival and the lasting damage of the AIDS epidemic.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Light
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Balanced
Content warnings
- chronic illness
- death
- homophobia
- sexual content
- terminal illness
- grief
- pandemic
- alcoholism
- suicidal thoughts
- medical content
