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Article: A HOLLYWOOD FAMILY COPES WITH AIDS IN MOVING BOOK.(Show)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- March 17, 1991
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Byline: Bettina Stoller
"In the Absence of Angels/A Hollywood Family's Courageous Story." By Elizabeth Glaser & Laura Palmer. G.P. Putnam's Sons. 318 pp. $21.95.
I n The Absence of Angels" opens as Elizabeth Glaser gives birth to her first child, Ariel, in August 1981. Hemorrhaging severely, she is transfused with seven pints of blood; a short time later she reads of a little- known virus called AIDS that is often spread through tainted blood; her doctor reassures her that "AIDS isn't ever going to have anything to do with you."
The scene is set; now Glaser doubles back to describe being courted by Paul Michael Glaser, Starsky in the popular TV ...