BARSTOW, Calif., May 5, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- In Lost and Found, Emmett Shields' last book, readers met a young writer in San Francisco who, with his friends, experienced his 20s as a reckless, full speed party before the onset of the AIDS epidemic. Don't Cry For Me, San Francisco (now available through 1stBooks Library), an adult fiction with a bold take on homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality and everything in between, picks up where Lost left off. But now the party's over, and free love is no longer without consequences.
With the coming of this plague, friends and lovers are dying and survivors are smarting from the loss, unsure how to continue in a world where the rules have changed seemingly overnight. Shields stares difficult subject matter in the face, his only goal to tell the truth about life, love and death in San Francisco.
The writer's descriptions of San Francisco as a collage of colors and sounds where nothing is quite what it seems create images of soft breezes, Buenos Aires, dancing the tango with a lover ... Don't Cry isn't all tears and death. The author tackles the topic of AIDS with a satiric approach, injecting just the right note of humor.
Shields has been scribbling since before he started school, he notes. He wrote his first short story at the age of nine. Throughout his education, the more he wrote, the more he ran from it. For years, he thought he was running from his talent, only to discover he was actually running straight toward it, he adds. Don't Cry For Me is his fourth book published by 1stBooks Library. To upcoming writers, Shields has this advice: "Don't write if you can possibly avoid it, and if it becomes a compulsion, then do it. Otherwise, life won't be worth a damn!"
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