Fiction. LGBTQIA Studies. ORANGES is a book of quiet, enormous strength, a collection of slow-gathering moments that add up to the story of Michael Dolin, a gay man whose life and loves are shaped by the AIDS crisis, Midwestern social strictures and expectations for men. There is so much here, such compassion, such nerve and bite--this is a beautiful book, full of sorrow, surprise, and delight.--Audrey Niffenegger