Friend Grief

"It's not like they're family."Sound familiar? If you're grieving the death of a friend, you've probably heard that from people who just don't get it. And if it made you angry, well, you're not alone.In the first of a series on grieving the death of a friend, Friend Grief and Anger: When Your Friend Dies and No One Gives a Damn, you'll meet people who also struggled with anger after their friend died. And they'll help you answer the question,"Okay, I'm angry: now what?"

It's been likened to a plague, but AIDS was never just a health crisis.The second in a series on grieving the death of a friend, Friend Grief and AIDS: Thirty Years of Burying Our Friends, revisits a time when people with AIDS were also targets of bigotry and discrimination. In stories about Ryan White, ACT UP, the Names Project, red ribbons and nmore, you'll learn why friends made all the difference: not just caregiving or memorializing, but changing the way society confronts the medical establishment and government to demand action.

"Be a man."Society expects men to take charge, get things done and keep their emotions in check. But what happens when their best friend dies and they're not allowed to grieve?In Friend Grief and Men: Defying Stereotypes you'll meet men whose friendships shaped their lives. Some lost a best friend, Some lost dozens of friends.Their stories of grieving and healing will change your perception of what it means to 'be a man'.