Scarlet Ribbons by Rosemary Bailey

Scarlet Ribbons by Rosemary Bailey

Rosemary Bailey gives an unsentimental yet heartbreaking account of her brother's life, from his strict upbringing by a fundamentalist father, through ordination as an Anglican priest, then gay liberation, to his diagnosis with AIDS and a long debilitating illness that he never allowed to defeat him.

Rosemary captures the sad drama that consumes Simon Bailey, rector of the South Yorkshire village of Dinnington, as he breaks the news of his homosexuality and his illness, first to friends, then to close parishioners, and finally to his family, the church authorities and the media.

While slowly succumbing to AIDS, the Rev. Bailey continues to hold services in the parish church, while his parishioners care for him around the clock through his final months.

The story was the subject of the BC Everyman documentary, Simon's Cross.

Rosemary Bailey fell in love with France 25 years ago when she stayed on a rose farm in Provence. Since then she has traveled the country and written and edited a number of guides to France and its regions, including the Cote d'Azur, Burgundy, and the Loire Valley. She has also contributed many articles to The Sunday Times, Elle, and other publications. She is the author of Life in a Postcard and Escape to the French Pyrenees.

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ISBN 13	9780986377037
ISBN 10	0986377031
Title	Scarlet Ribbons
Author	Rosemary Bailey
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Jorvik Press
Year published	2017-07-29
Number of pages	224
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