BWW Reviews: BODY COUNTS by Sean Strub An Extraordinary Memoir

Sean Strub has long been considered one of the foremost AIDS activists in the country. His voice rings out loud and clear in his extraordinary book, Body Counts, A Memoir of Activism, Sex and Survival.

It is Strub's indomitable spirit that will make you one of his many admirers. He tells his very personal story and reveals an admirable devotion to the people he cares about including his family, friends, lovers and fellow activists. Strub is a man who has faced his struggles with real integrity and a desire to learn from his experiences.

Strub's life's journey took him from his native Iowa at age 17 to a patronage job running a "Senators' Only" elevator in the US Capitol building. Strub tells of the closeted world of powerful gay men, metropolitan life in Manhattan, famous friendships and his own liberating sexual encounters in gay bathhouses.

And while living in New York City in 1980, Strub was the first person at the crime scene where John Lennon was murdered, a memory that resonates in his life even today.

Proving to be a great businessman, an award winning theater producer, and the founder of POZ magazine, he was also the first openly HIV-positive person to run for U.S. Congress in 1990. Strub's political aspirations, activism and keen awareness of the AIDS crisis lend a unique insider's perspective of the social and political climate that has affected so many people battling AIDS.

Strub also tells his deeply personal account of his near death struggle with AIDS and his recovery in the 1990's when protease inhibitor therapy was discovered.

You will empathize with Strub, laugh a little and cry. He is a realist with a writing style that is bold, honest and thoughtful. Body Counts is a captivating account of Sean Strub's full and fascinating life, a book that you will not want to put down.

For more information and to purchase Body Counts: A Memoir of Activism, Sex and Survival, visit www.seanstrub.com.

Cover Image: Courtesy of Simon and Schuster

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