The world can break your heart

"Caught between his parents when he is small; between society and his true self as he grows older; and finally between his hopes and the killer AIDS when he is mature, Ben tries to make sense out of the life he has been given. Growing up in a blue-collar working-man's world, rejected, thrown into a frighteneing marriage, he finally tries to live the gay life he chooses, only to find out it's later than he thinks." -- Back cover.