The Nightingales
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In 1985, Emil Wilson's father invites coworker Jim and his two Pomeranians to move into the family's small-town Oregon home. What Donald does not tell his wife Annemarie or seventeen-year-old daughter Lou is that Jim has AIDS. Months before Rock Hudson's diagnosis ushered in wider public sympathy, AIDS is still a faraway news story, and Jim's presence turns the household upside down. As Annemarie's fear and resentment grow into bitter fights with gentle, stubborn Donald, Lou builds an unlikely, genuine friendship with Jim and his dogs, a friendship that buoys Jim's final days and catalyzes Lou to pursue her bravest self in the bigger world.
Genres: Graphic Novels
ISBN-13: 9781668217771
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