{"product_id":"love-from-the-pink-palace-jill-nalder-9781472288431","title":"Love from the Pink Palace: Memories of Love, Loss and Cabaret Through the AIDS Crisis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL CHRISTOPHER BLAND PRIZE 2023*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*SHORTLISTED FOR THE POLARI FIRST BOOK PRIZE 2023*\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jill Nalder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1472288432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472288431\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wildfire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 4.90w x 0.90d","brand":"Jill Nalder","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44070149357823,"sku":"9781472288431","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2d8d6cc0-4d6e-46a9-9c86-6dcf9756f866.jpg?v=1685428648","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/love-from-the-pink-palace-jill-nalder-9781472288431","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}