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Love from the Pink Palace

Memories of Love, Loss and Cabaret Through the AIDS Crisis

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Love from the Pink Palace

By: Jill Nalder
Narrated by: Jill Nalder, Russell T Davies
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Memories of love, loss and cabaret through the London AIDS crisis, by It's a Sin's Jill Nalder.

When 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 talented young 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 could get.

But soon rumours were spreading from America about a frightening illness being dubbed the 'gay flu', and Jill and her friends—spirited Juan Pablo, Jae with his beautiful voice, upbeat Dursley and many others—found that their formerly carefree existence now under threat.

In this moving memoir, It's a Sin's Jill Nalder tells the true story of her life during the AIDS crisis, and that of friends and colleagues, doctors and nurses, activists and fundraisers. She recounts 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.

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Critic reviews

"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, creator of Channel 4's It's a Sin)
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Beautifully written and spoken highlighting the tragedy of the AIDS pandemic and the enormous love shared between Jill and her friends

Amazing stories of strength, courage and love

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A truly moving account of one woman’s experience’s of loosing her friends during the early days of AIDS. So moving.

Truly Moving

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A beautiful tribute to the victims of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Jill Nalder is a friend everybody deserves to have ❤️

A beautiful tribute

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After watching it’s a sin I couldn’t wait to
Read more about Jill and the boys from the pink palace.

It was a beautiful listen, emotive and caring. The world needs more people like Jill.

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Jill Nalder tells the stories of her friends who inspired Russell T Davies (another friend) to write It's a Sin. Jill herself is the only possible choice to read her own words- and she is almost overcome with emotion more than once. A powerful and engaging story, with moments of comedy among the tragedies of young lives lost.

What an emotional journey

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