{"product_id":"just-different-a-memoir-9781399712064","title":"Just Different: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn his intimate memoir, legendary ballet dancer and entertainer Wayne Sleep looks back on the extraordinary times he's lived through. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWayne Sleep has danced with ballet legends Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn, partied with Freddie Mercury and performed with Princess Diana, becoming her close friend. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBehind the glitz and glamour, Wayne has always felt like an outsider. Sleep reveals the difficulties for a working-class, gay man in handling the prejudices of his generation and living through the Aids epidemic. Wayne was also the shortest principal dancer in the Royal Ballet - he had to spin twice as fast and jump twice as high to succeed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this moving - but also laugh-out-loud and gossip filled - memoir, Wayne Sleep shows how he danced his way to success, fulfilment and love, and how he overcame obstacles and prejudice along the way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399712064\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336","brand":"Wayne Sleep","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45017804964021,"sku":"9781399712064","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_3ecda181-9b2b-4256-9f6f-9cf902b38e8d.jpg?v=1736832950","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/just-different-a-memoir-9781399712064","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}