Max Essex and Unity Dow kicked off the American book tour of Saturday Is for Funerals in Boston at the Harvard Club on May 17th 2010. The book explores both the science and the personal stories behind the AIDS epidemic in southern Africa.

Max Essex, co-author of Saturday Is for Funerals, and host Florence Koplow

Unity Dow, co-author of the book, and Robert Rothschild

Max Essex and Bayard Henry

Kelesitse Phiri, Julie Henry and Robert Preyor

Barry Bloom, host Beth Martignetti and Heidi Schuster

Unity Dow, Fiseko Musonda and Judy Kelly

Dorothy Ganick and Richard Seder

Max Essex, Unity Dow and Barry Bloom

Phyllis Kanki, Ronald McCaffrey and Elizabeth Essex

Julie Henry introduces the evening’s program with Max Essex and Unity Dow.

Max Essex talks about the establishment of the Botswana-Harvard Partnership.

Unity Dow reads from Saturday Is for Funerals.

Unity Dow and Max Essex at the book signing table

Max Essex signs a book for Charlotte Donaldson as Dorothy Ganick and Pam Shelton look on.

Max Essex with a poster of the book’s cover Photo by Vlad Novitsky

The authors and the hosts: Florence Koplow, Unity Dow, Max Essex, Beth Martignetti and Julie Henry