{"product_id":"b09gp7446d","title":"Love from the Pink Palace: Memories of Love, Loss and Cabaret through the AIDS Crisis, for fans of IT'S A SIN","description":"\u003cp\u003e*SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL CHRISTOPHER BLAND PRIZE 2023*\u003cbr\u003e\n*SHORTLISTED FOR THE POLARI FIRST BOOK PRIZE 2023*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'As it happens, I was also a Jill in the eighties - but not half as good a Jill as real Jill' DAWN FRENCH\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA heartbreaking, life-affirming memoir of love, loss and cabaret through the AIDS crisis, from IT'S A SIN's Jill Nalder\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Thank God for people like [Jill] . . . I cannot recommend this book highly enough' MICHAEL BALL\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'An engaging, moving account'  TIMES  SATURDAY REVIEW\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Simultaneously devastating and uplifting'  GRAZIA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Engrossing, heart-breaking and inspiring' MATT CAIN\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":67924609597685,"sku":"YSL53352","price":3.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/8774\/8597\/files\/71v7CwmiUcL._SY1500.jpg?v=1793673326","url":"https:\/\/www.newbooks.store\/products\/b09gp7446d","provider":"NewBooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}