{"product_id":"love-from-the-pink-palace-memories-of-love-loss-and-cabaret-through-the-aids-crisis-9781472288462","title":"Love from the Pink Palace: Memories of Love, Loss and Cabaret Through the AIDS Crisis","description":"\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\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'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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'We should all Be More Jill' LESLEY JOSEPH\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wildfire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472288462\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320","brand":"Jill Nalder","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42342736003253,"sku":"9781472288462","price":24.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_676284e7-d9af-4239-9ac9-5f9901a1d212.jpg?v=1661263200","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/love-from-the-pink-palace-memories-of-love-loss-and-cabaret-through-the-aids-crisis-9781472288462","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}