Author Talk with Lesley Saddington - Ulladulla Library

A biography of AIDS warrior Tony Carden

I Dont Want to Talk About It takes readers on a mother-and-son journey across the rocky terrain of child sexual abuse, homophobia and living and dying with HIV/AIDS. It is Tonys other family, Sydneys gay community, who shoulder the weight of caring as they lead Lesley across a chasm of misunderstanding, just in time. This literary biography of AIDS activist Tony Carden is a personal story and a social history – and it’s a vivid portrayal of an era when homophobia was rife and child sexual abuse lay buried beneath societal propriety.