My Brother Author:Jamaica Kincaid Jamaica Kincaid's incantatory, poetic, and often shockingly frank recounting of her brother Devon Drew's life is also the story of her family on the island of Antigua, a constellation centered on the powerful, sometimes threatening figure of the writer's mother. Kincaid's unblinking record of a life that ed too early speaks volumes about the dif... more »ficult truths at the heart of all families.« less
The author writes about the dying, and then death of her one brother with AIDS. For those who care, this is a signed copy, although I had never heard of the author myself. Its a very fast read, and good.