Wonderland Book Club, co-sponsored by the NC Writers’ Network

Meet Author Dr. Bruce Hillman, A Plague On All Our Houses : Medical Intrigue, Hollywood, and the Discovery of AIDS

Location: Center for Excellence, 3803-B Computer Dr., Ste. 106, Raleigh, NC 27609

Friday, January 27, 2016   Time:  10:00–noon 
FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

RSVP HERE: http://meetup.com/wonderlandbookclub

In A Plague on All Our Houses, Dr. Bruce J. Hillman of Wake Forest, North Carolina, dissects the war of egos, money, academic power, and Hollywood clout that advanced AIDS research even as it compromised the career of the scientist who discovered the disease. A Plague on All Our Houses offers a ringside seat to one of the most important medical discoveries and controversies of our time. Courted by the media, the gay community, and the entertainment industry, Dr. Robert Gottlieb emerged as the medical face of the terrifying new epidemic when he became personal physician to Rock Hudson, the first celebrity AIDS patient. With Elizabeth Taylor he cofounded the charitable foundation amfAR, which advanced public awareness of AIDS and raised vast sums for research, even as it struggled against political resistance that began with the Reagan administration and trickled down through sedimentary layers of bureaucracy. In the thirty-five years since the discovery of AIDS, research, prevention, and clinical care have advanced to the point that the disease is no longer the death sentence it once was. Gottlieb’s seminal article is now regarded by the New England Journal of Medicine as one of the most significant publications of its two-hundred-year history. Read more about Bruce Hillman and his books at his website: http://www.brucejhillmanmd.com/