| International Standard Book Number |
9781668217795 (ebook)
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781668217771 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
1668217775 (hardcover)
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| Personal Name |
Wilson, Emil, author, artist.
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| Title Statement |
The nightingales / by Emil Wilson.
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| Edition Statement |
First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York, NY : Avid Reader Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
xvi, 394 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm.
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| General Note |
"This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author's imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental." --Title page verso.
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| Summary, Etc. |
It's the spring of 1985. Emil Wilson's father, Donald, invites his coworker Jim and his two Pomeranians, Henny and Penny, to move into his family's home. What he doesn't tell his wife, Annemarie, or his daughter, Lou, is that Jim has AIDS. Months before Rock Hudson's 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 Jim's presence in the house turns this small-town Oregon family upside down. As Annemarie's fear and resentment grows, resulting in increasingly bitter fights with the gentle and stubborn Donald, so too does Lou's 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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| Subject-Personal Name |
Wilson, Emil Comic books, strips, etc.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Families Comic books, strips, etc.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Friendship Comic books, strips, etc.
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Teenage girls Comic books, strips, etc.
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LGBTQ+ people Comic books, strips, etc.
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AIDS (Disease) Patients Comic books, strips, etc.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Oregon Comic books, strips, etc.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Graphic novels.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Biographical comics.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Historical comics.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Coming-of-age comics.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Social issue comics.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Queer comics.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Queer fiction.
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