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On Life, Loss, and the End of AIDS
Little, Brown and Company
July 2012
On Sale: July 17, 2012
259 pages ISBN: 0316219908 EAN: 9780316219907 Kindle: B0073J64H4 Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction
In the 1980s, Elton John saw friend after friend, loved one
after loved one, perish needlessly from AIDS. In the midst
of the plague, he befriended Ryan White, a young Indiana boy
ostracized by his town and his school because of the HIV
infection he had contracted from a blood transfusion. Ryan's
inspiring life and devastating death led Elton to two
realizations: His own life was a mess. And he had to do
something to help stop the AIDS crisis. Since then, Elton has dedicated himself to overcoming the
plague and the stigma of AIDS. He has done this through the
Elton John AIDS Foundation, which has raised and donated
$275 million to date to fighting the disease worldwide. Love
Is The Cure is Elton's personal account of his life during
the AIDS epidemic, including stories of his close
friendships with Ryan White, Freddie Mercury, Princess
Diana, Elizabeth Taylor, and others, and the story of the
Elton John AIDS Foundation. With powerful conviction and
emotional force, Elton conveys the personal toll AIDS has
taken on his life -- and his infinite determination to stop
its spread. Elton writes, "This is a disease that must be cured not by a
miraculous vaccine, but by changing hearts and minds, and
through a collective effort to break down social barriers
and to build bridges of compassion. Why are we not doing
more? This is a question I have thought deeply about, and
wish to answer-and help to change-by writing this book." Sales of Love Is the Cure benefit the Elton John AIDS
Foundation.
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