THE NIGHTINGALES

A gorgeous huge hearted deeply moving book wonderful from start to finish Sarah Waters Exactly the kind of scathing compassionate and tragic family portrait that I love the most Lee Lai Tender and humane I loved this book Mark HaddonA stunning graphic novel set in 1980s smalltown America about a seventeen year old girl and the dying stranger who moves into her family s homeIt 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 For small town Oregon in the eighties a place where Lou s treasured New York Times arrives 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 As 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 Tender funny and gorgeously illustrated in full colour The Nightingales is an unforgettable portrait of an imperfe