Just Like February: A Novel

By: Deborah Batterman

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Synopsis: To Rachel, there&’s no one in the world like her uncle Jake. Handsome and mysterious, he fills her with stories, sends postcards and gifts from exotic places. And he&’s so much more fun to be with than her parents, who are always fighting. When she learns he&’s gay, she keeps it under wraps. And when he gets sick, she doesn&’t even tell her best friends. Until she realizes that secrecy does more harm than good. Framed by the passions of the &’60s and the AIDS crisis of the &’80s, Just Like February begins with the wedding of Rachel&’s parents when she&’s five and ends with her sexual awakening as Jake is dying. As this poignant coming-of-age story unfolds, Rachel is forced to reckon with a home broken by the stormy love between her mother (a social worker) and her father (a Vietnam veteran) and a heart broken by the realities of homophobia and AIDS.