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I’d be hand-selling it to customers who adored Raina Telgemeier’s graphic memoir Smile but are now ready for more complex themes

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"Pettinger is an acidly dry British man who writes about old-fashioned block-heads and doomed romance

The Nightingales Santino Arturo When Rot uncovers a shinyBy Emil Wilson. Published by Vintage Publishing. Hardcover, 416 pages, Colour, 2026. "A coming of age story for the ages. All ages. For anyone who has lived through loss (and who hasn't?), The Nightingales is a blessing sung after the tears have slowed down. This book is a triumph." Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked "The Nightingales radiates pathos and humanity in a manner reminiscent of another moving coming of age story, Alison Bechdel's seminal