{"product_id":"9781787336568-the-nightingales","title":"The Nightingales","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Tender and humane. I loved this book' \u003cb\u003eMark Haddon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Filled with heart and warmth and colour. [a book that] stays with you long after you’ve turned the last page' \u003cb\u003eSeán Hewitt\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stunning graphic novel set in 1980s smalltown America about a seventeen-year-old girl and the dying stranger who moves into her family’s home\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s spring 1985 when Emil Wilson’s father, Donald, quietly invites his colleague Jim to move in with his family. What Don doesn’t tell his wife Annemarie or his teenage daughter Lou is that Jim has AIDS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor small-town Oregon in the eighties, a place where Lou’s treasured \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003earrives three days late, AIDS is still a news story that happens in faraway places to faraway people. Jim is worldly, witty and quickly deteriorating. His presence in the house turns the family upside down.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Annemarie’s fear and resentment grow, adding further strain to the family’s shaky foundations, Lou forms an unlikely friendship with Jim (and his two showbiz Pomeranians, Henny and Penny) – a friendship that pushes Lou to grow up, get out and imagine a life beyond the limits of her town.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTender, funny and gorgeously illustrated in full colour, \u003ci\u003eThe Nightingales \u003c\/i\u003eis an unforgettable portrait of an imperfect family, and a coming of age shaped by love and loss.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA beautiful, honest book about friendship and family' \u003cb\u003eLizzy Stewart\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A coming-of-age story for the ages. This book is a triumph' \u003cb\u003eGregory Maguire \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56642957476214,"sku":"9781787336568","price":20.53,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41047798_bbf31788-4b2c-4bc1-a858-e089df29ca0f.jpg?v=1777035700","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781787336568-the-nightingales","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}