In the Absence of Angels

by Laura Palmer (Author), Laura Palmer (Author), Elizabeth Glaser (Author)

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  Paperback
  1992

  $3.38

  In August 1981, after giving birth to her daughter Ariel and haemorrhaging badly, Elizabeth Glaser was given a transfusion of seven pints of blood. Four years later the nightmare began - an ailing Ariel developed full-blown AIDS; Elizabeth and her second child, Jake, were diagnosed HIV-positive. The life-saving blood had been contaminated, and only husband Paul (star of television's Starsky and Hutch ) had escaped infection. Faced with both private tragedy and the fear and ignorance of the world at large, Elizabeth Glaser decided to fight AIDS before it destroyed not only her own family, but thousands of others. She embarked upon a relentless campaign and enlisted the support of celebrities and politicians to start the Paediatric AIDS Foundation. This book is her story of how one family has battled against the disease and the fears and prejudices it arouses.

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  Hardcover
  1991

  $3.38

  In 1981, Elizabeth Glaser was going through a difficult birth with her and Paul's first child, a daughter named Ariel. Haemorrhaging badly, Elizabeth was transfused with 7 pints of blood. Four years later Ariel developed AIDS. The family realized then the blood had been tainted. Mother and daughter were infected and so was a son, born after Ariel. Shunned by some of their closest friends and with Ariel's health failing, Elizabeth decided that she had to fight AIDS. She campaigned endlessly and started the Pediatric AIDS foundation. Along the way she received invaluable support from Steven Spielberg, Cher and the Reagans, among many others. Sadly, her daughter died in 1988, but Elizabeth believes it is not too late for herself, her son and many thousands of fellow sufferers.