Season's of Grief and Grace: A Sister's Story of AIDS

This intensely personal, inspirational story by Vanderbilt Univ. classics scholar Wiltshire (Greece, Rome, and the Bill of Rights) narrates her ``vigil'' with her younger brother, John Ford, a former Department of Agriculture officer who was diagnosed with AIDS in 1986 and died in 1993. The author, whom John called his ``most important friend,'' uses excerpts from her journal to trace the patient's spiritual odyssey and the involvement by the West Texas extended family in the ``enormous social calamity'' as members of the AIDS community. Photos. (Oct.)