Just Different: A Memoir

By: Wayne Sleep

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Synopsis: 'This is a terrific and very entertaining book considering Wayne once told me that he had never read past page seven of any book.' David HockneyWayne Sleep has danced with ballet legends Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn, partied with Freddie Mercury and performed with Princess Diana, becoming her close friend. Behind the glitz and glamour, Wayne has always felt like an outsider. Sleep reveals the difficulties for a working-class, gay man in handling the prejudices of his generation and living through the Aids epidemic. Wayne was also the shortest principal dancer in the Royal Ballet - he had to spin twice as fast and jump twice as high to succeed. In this moving - but also laugh-out-loud and gossip filled - memoir, Wayne Sleep shows how he danced his way to success, fulfilment and love, and how he overcame obstacles and prejudice along the way.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781399712095
Related ISBNs:: 9781399712064
Publisher:: Hodder & Stoughton
Date of Addition:: 10/31/24
Copyrighted By:: Wayne Sleep
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Narrated By:: Wayne Sleep
Categories:: Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Biographies and Memoirs, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender, Music
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.

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