Crooked Road Straight: The Awakening of AIDS Activist Linda Jordan

Synopsis

Written with the immediacy of a novel, this groundbreaking work of creative non-fiction traces the awakening of AIDS activist Linda Jordan, a woman whose life was a struggle to survive, and who became a messenger of hope for families coping with AIDS. From her unlikely beginnings as a second-generation welfare recipient, rape victim, and heroin addict to her eventual status as a local hero, this inspirational true story follows Linda through all five harrowing decades of her life in Hartford, Connecticut.