About this episode

The episode explores the love story between Marion and Tony, highlighting the challenges they faced, particularly after Tony's death from AIDS.

Marion and Tony are madly, deeply in love. But there are obstacles to their relationship, namely Tony’s sexual preference. When Tony loses his life to AIDS, Marion discovers just how many obstacles there really were. This year is the 30th Anniversary of Marion Winik's memoir,  First Comes Love . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• love
• AIDS
• relationship obstacles
• memoir
• loss

Keywords

• Marion Winik
• Tony
• AIDS
• love story
• relationship
• memoir

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: First Comes Love

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