When people mentioned it to me, they thought they were talking about some casual relative of mine. For most people that’s what an uncle was. They had no idea how I felt about Finn. No idea that hearing them talk about AIDS, like that was the important part of the story–more important than who Finn was, or how much I loved him, or how much he was still breaking my heart every single hour of every single day–made me want to scream.

When people mentioned it to me, they thought they were talking about some casual relative of mine. For most people that’s what an uncle was. They had no idea how I felt about Finn. No idea that hearing them talk about AIDS, like that was the important part of the story–more important than who Finn was, or how much I loved him, or how much he was still breaking my heart every single hour of every single day–made me want to scream.

– Carol Rifka Brunt –

Tell the Wolves I’m Home

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