Title: For My Brothers

Author: Mark Abramson

Genre: Memoir

Length: 437 pages

ISBN: 9781925031768

Publisher: Wilde City Press (January 22^nd, 2014)

Heat: N/A

Heart: ♥♥♥♥♥ 5 Hearts

Reviewer: Eric

Blurb: Mark Abramson was a bartender on Castro Street, Haight Street, and South of Market during the worst years of the AIDS crisis, roughly from 1984 to 1996 when new life-saving drugs came on the market. He was also involved in several of the major fundraising events of the times, from gay bars to the waterfront piers of San Francisco and theaters in between.

For My Brothers is filled with true stories of encounters with Connie Francis, Johnnie Ray, and Christine Jorgensen, plus friendships with Al Parker, John Preston, and Sylvester and dozens of lesser known characters who deserve to be remembered.

Purchase Link: http://www.wildecity.com/books/gay-mainstream/for-my-brothers/#.UwQfRPldWHg

Review: This book was amazing! I’ve never read a memoir before, but I found this book to be addicting. Getting the insight on an author that had understood and truly got through the tough times was riveting to me. The more I read the more I wanted to know and the book answered all my questions. When I finished it, I felt like I could truly get why the author did what he did. I couldn’t get enough of it.

Getting a taste of history and the reasoning behind it. It was like getting a history lesson but in a fresh fun way. I loved the fact he included the encounters with singers and friendships. I couldn’t get enough of this book. It is so worth it.

Highly recommended.