{"product_id":"love-from-the-pink-palace-memories-of-love-loss-and-cabaret-through-the-aids-crisis-hardcover","title":"Love from the Pink Palace: Memories of Love, Loss and Cabaret Through the AIDS Crisis - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJill Nalder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I read the book in one go. I laughed and cried like a baby, and was transported back to a time of innocence, clouded by the enormity of the harsh reality . . . Just amazing' CATHERINE ZETA JONES\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'As it happens, I was also a Jill in the eighties - but not half as good a Jill as real Jill' DAWN FRENCH\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Jill met the crisis head on . . . She held the hands of so many men. She lost them, and remembered them, and somehow kept going' RUSSELL T DAVIES\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA heartbreaking, life-affirming memoir of love, loss and cabaret through the AIDS crisis, from IT'S A SIN's Jill Nalder\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Jill Nalder arrived at drama school in London in the early 1980s, she was ready for her life to begin. With her band of best friends - of which many were young, talented gay men with big dreams of their own - she grabbed London by the horns: partying with drag queens at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, hosting cabarets at her glamorous flat, flitting across town to any jobs she could get. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut soon rumours were spreading from America about a frightening illness being dubbed the 'gay flu', and Jill and her friends now found their formerly carefree existence under threat. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this moving memoir, IT'S A SIN's Jill Nalder tells the true story of her and her friends' lives during the AIDS crisis -- juggling a busy West End career while campaigning for AIDS awareness and research, educating herself and caring for the sick. Most of all, she shines a light on those who were stigmatised and shamed, and remembers those brave and beautiful boys who were lost too soon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Thank God for people like [Jill] . . . I cannot recommend this book highly enough' MICHAEL BALL\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An engaging, moving account' \u003ci\u003eTIMES \u003c\/i\u003eSATURDAY REVIEW\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Simultaneously devastating and uplifting' \u003ci\u003eGRAZIA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Engrossing, heart-breaking and inspiring' MATT CAIN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJill Nalder is originally from Neath, South Wales. She is a successful West End actress and was the inspiration behind Jill Baxter's character in Russell T. Davies' Channel 4 programme IT'S A SIN. She was also one of the founders and first chairperson of West End Cares, now called Theatre MAD: Make A Difference. To date the charity has raised over £10 million for HIV\/AIDS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.15 x 9.49 x 6.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 18, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766302277920,"sku":"9781472288462","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f41b071710573034dbb8253c0566f4ac.webp?v=1780289678","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/love-from-the-pink-palace-memories-of-love-loss-and-cabaret-through-the-aids-crisis-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}