Many thanks to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster | Avid Reader Press for gifting me a digital ARC of this debut graphic novel by Emil Wilson. All opinions expressed in this review are my own - 5 stars!
A gorgeously rendered story of the friendship between a man dying of AIDS in the 1980s and a teenage girl, based on real events. The beautiful illustrations and unique graphic concept allowed the reader to be transported back to this fraught time period to see the impact that this disease had on just one family, yet also see the far-reaching ripple effects it had on the characters. Some of my favorite spots were the mother talking to the Virgin Mary, and the dogs brought some comic relief into a heartbreaking yet hopeful story. Stunning debut.
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