Books Set in the '80s
14 Books Set in the 1980s, From Malibu Rising to Trust Exercise
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The Prettiest Star
Emotional and tender, The Prettiest Star ($27) takes place at the height of the AIDS epidemic in the summer of 1986, when 24-year-old Brian travels back home to the small town in Ohio he was so desperate to escape six years prior. However, throughout his six years living in New York City, he watched AIDS take the lives of many of his friends and his boyfriend Shawn, and soon, he'll be lost to it, too. During his summer back at home with his estranged family that is mostly unwilling to accept his being gay or ill, Brian films a series of videos that Shawn asked him to make, to ensure those who died from AIDS are never forgotten.
