....what book?

Wicked.

Isn’t that it right in the middle?

The book, Wicked, that Wicked is adapting

wait is it

Under “I am Elphaba”?

No it isn't

I think that’s it

That's a journal

Oh

It just has the Broadway poster on it

Then...yes that’s a pretty glaring oversight

The actual book is very much adult fiction

I guess if you're marketing to grade schoolers who have just watched the musical, which I would guess at from the little golden books on the display,

It's very funny that there's the original Oz and all this friendship charm ephemera and actress biographies and not wicked the book tho

Yeah, I would not put the OG book in a kids' display.

Besides, Wicked the Book would spoil part two

(That's a lie I get the impression that they Diverge)

I gather that the musical doesn't have all that much in common with the book

Fewer orgies, more singing

orgies

True, wicked book has so much sex in it.

I mostly remember that Elphaba's parents had a consensual and well adjusted poly relationship but there was a drought in Munchkinland and they had to sacrifice their boyfriend to appease the old gods or something?

I have distinct memories of Artemis and her mom obliviously picking the Wicked audiobook to listen to during an 8 hour road trip

Artemis was 13, maybe 14 at the time

it was very awkward lmao

ouf

my copy of the book looks like this, so i just assumed that's what that was on a first glance

Yeah the musical changes up a lot of the book characters' backstories