Grief

Reeling from the recent death of his invalid mother, an exhausted, lonely professor comes to Washington, D.C. to escape his previous life. What he finds there - in his handsome, solitary landlord; in the city's somber mood and sepulchral architecture; and in the strange and impassioned letters and journals of Mary Todd Lincoln - shows him unexpected truths about America and loss, culminating in his discovery that his relationship to his own grief is very different than he had thought. "...captures the pain of a generation of gay men who have survived the AIDS epidemic and reached middle age..." 150p.