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The Nightingales
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A ComingOfAge Story For The Ages. All Ages. For Anyone Who Has Lived Through Loss (And Who HasnT?), The Nightingales Is A Blessing Sung After The Tears Have Slowed Down. This Book Is A Triumph. Gregory Maguire, Author Of Wickedbased On A True Story, An Exquisitely Rendered, Singular Graphic Novel About A LifeChanging Friendship Between A SeventeenYearOld Girl And The Dying Stranger Who Moves Into Her FamilyS Home.ItS The Spring Of 1985. Emil WilsonS Father, Donald, Invites His Coworker Jim And His Two Pomeranians, Henny And Penny, To Move Into His FamilyS Home. What He DoesnT Tell His Wife, Annemarie, Or His Daughter, Lou, Is That Jim Has Aids.Months Before Rock HudsonS Diagnosis Shocked The Public And Ushered In A New Era Of Awareness For The Crisis, Aids Is A News Story That Happens In Faraway Places To Faraway People, And JimS Presence In The House Turns This SmallTown Oregon Family Upside Down. As AnnemarieS Fear And Resentment Grows, Resulting In Increasingly Bitter Fights With The Gentle And Stubborn Donald, So Too Does LouS Unlikely Friendship With Jim (And Henny And Penny)A Friendship That Not Only Buoys Jim Through The Most Difficult Parts Of His Illness, But Is A Catalyst For Lou To Finally Pursue Her Truest And Bravest Self In The Bigger World.The Nightingales Is An Unforgettable Portrait Of An Imperfect Family Grappling With Extraordinary Circumstances, And A Powerful Example Of How Confronting The Unknown With Curiosity And Compassion Is The First Step To Building A Better World.
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