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| Original Title: | April Fool's Day |
| ISBN: | 0140272933 (ISBN13: 9780140272932) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Damon Courtenay, Bryce Courtenay, Celeste Laetitia Gabrielle, Bernice Courtenay |
Bryce Courtenay
Hardcover | Pages: 673 pages Rating: 4.18 | 7418 Users | 325 Reviews
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In the end, love is more important than everything and it will conquer and overcome anything. Or that’s how Damon saw it, anyway. Damon wanted a book that talked a lot about love. Damon Courtenay died on the morning of April Fool’s Day. In this tribute to his son, Bryce Courtenay lays bare the suffering behind this young man’s life. Damon’s story is one of life-long struggle, his love for Celeste, the compassion of family, and a fight to the end for integrity. A testimony to the power of love, April Fool’s Day is also about understanding: how when we confront our worst, we can become our best.
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| Title | : | April Fool's Day |
| Author | : | Bryce Courtenay |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 673 pages |
| Published | : | August 6th 1998 by Penguin (first published 1993) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Biography. Autobiography. Memoir. Cultural. Australia. Drama. True Story. Biography Memoir |
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Ratings: 4.18 From 7418 Users | 325 ReviewsAssess Appertaining To Books April Fool's Day
Excellent bookAPRIL FOOL'S DAY is a very sad but true story,
An extremely moving book about love, friendship, support, ignorance and prejudices. The death of a son from aids.
No other book as made me want to write to author! This book made me want to do that! I read this book in almost one sitting. You know from the beginning that his son has past on, but I was laughing and crying all the way through. At the end I was a balling mess. This is a true story of the authors son who son contracted HIV+ through a blood transfusion, in the early day of the virus. Please please read this book, if you read nothing else of Bryce Courtney.
Having enjoyed many of Bryce Courtenay's books I simply read this one without knowing anything about the plot. It is hard to critique a book that is really an invitation into the life of the Courtenay family as they share the struggles of their son, Damon, a haemophiliac who later develops AIDS as a result of a blood transfusion. I felt privileged to be brought into the journey as Bryce, (and other family members), shared their joys, sorrows, triumphs and griefs in the midst of a very difficult
I am drained - both emotionally and physically after completing this memoir. This was a long read for me and an incredibly arduous yet loving journey for the marvelous family of Damon Courtenay. To have a son born a hemophiliac is beyond daunting. I had no idea about all of the spontaneous bleeds of a hemophiliac nor the resulting physical deterioration in the body. The "mother" part of me reading this book wept openly. How did these parents continue to find their needed strength both
very touching, i couldnt put it down
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