This story is about what it was like to be a woman during World War II when women's stories were all too often forgotten or overlooked... Vianne and Isabelle Mauriac are two sisters, separated by years and experience, by ideals and passion and circumstance, each embarking on her own dangerous path towards survival, love and freedom in war-torn France.
Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale is a novel for everyone, a novel for a lifetime.
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9781509848621
Number of pages: 464
Weight: 328 g
Dimensions: 197 x 131 x 28 mm
I loved The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, a talented writer of American stories; great characters, great plots, great emotions, who could ask for more in a novel? - Isabel Allende, bestselling author of The House of the Spirits
Beautifully written . . . packed with action and emotion. - Sara Gruen, bestselling author of Water for Elephants
The real horrors of war; the deprivations; the risks are all there... This is a hauntingly tragic yet sympathetic novel - The Cape Times
An unforgettable portrait of love and war. - People
The suspense builds slowly in this thought-provoking and absorbing novel. - Choice
The bestselling author hits her stride in this page-turning tale about two sisters, one in the French countryside, the other in Paris, who show remarkable courage in the German occupation during WWII . . . The author ably depicts war’s horrors through the eyes of these two women, whose strength of character shines through no matter their differences. - Publishers Weekly
A respectful and absorbing page-turner. - Kirkus Reviews
As someone who doesn't normally cry at books, the fact this made me sob for hours is proof of how incredible it is. I became so invested in the complex lives of each character, and as my heart broke a little more... More
I've waited a day before writing this to decide how I feel about this book, which is that it is an amazing book. It's full of history, tragedy, love, kindness, hope and much more.
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I've waited a day before writing this to decide how I feel about this book, which is that it is an amazing book. It's full of history, tragedy, love, kindness, hope and much more.
It really lives up to the...
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