Stigma

<p>Soon after a casual relationship Emma discovers that she has contracted genital herpes a condition she had scarcely known to exist. Her father Ernest and new boyfriend Sam will soon join her in a struggle to cope with one of the forgotten diseases of our day. And while each will choose a different solution-one counselling; another medicine; the last the law-all three will learn that their path to recovery is far from assured.</p><p>Moved by the pain he has witnessed amongst herpes sufferers and the people close to them R. G. Clarke has crafted a novel about the heroic fight that millions of people wage every day not just against a disease but also against the stigma that society willingly attaches to it. With a hint of mystery and the slightest dash of a thriller <I>Stigma</I> will entertain as well as inform.</p>