Thursday, January 12, 2012

Elton John to Pen AIDS Books


Love Is the Cure, due in July, will include reminiscences about Freddie Mercury and teenage activist Ryan White.

From a piece in the Guardian...

Elton John is writing his first book, a collection of memories and meditations on the fight against Aids. Love Is the Cure: Ending the Global Aids Epidemic, due in July, will be accompanied by an audiobook read by the singer.

"[Aids] is a disease that must be cured not by a miraculous vaccine," John wrote, "but by changing hearts and minds, and through a collective effort to break down social barriers and to build bridges of compassion." The singer said he wants to combat the stigma surrounding the disease, telling personal stories of friends he has lost – and those he has kept.

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