Strolling Down Heaven's Gate

About the Book

With 30 years of HIV behind us, we have brought about many changes. Some are very positive; medical breakthroughs have added years to peoples' lives. There has also been 30 years of strife, stigma and isolation for people with HIV. Through prose and poetry, the author opens her heart to the reader to reveal the struggles of life with HIV in those early years. She soothingly relates the reconciliation with herself and a society that increases its understanding and compassion so that the same achievements occur in the social field as it has in the medical field.

About the Author

Gisele is a 53 year old widow with three adult children. She has a degree in Dramatic Studies and a Teaching Certificate. She taught English and French to middle and senior high students for 20 years. "The first two words I wrote in a blog about two years ago were:...at last. After 25 years of living with HIV, I could speak the words, live the life I had let this virus take from me. My husband died of AIDS in 1990. I carried on, keeping up with my children, my work and appearances. I have long been obsessed with poetry and have been published in numerous websites."