The Nightingale

Author(s): Kristin Hannah

Fiction - Historical

In love we find out who we want to be.In war we find out who we are. FRANCE, 1939 In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says goodbye to her husband, Antoine, as he heads for the Front. She doesn't believe that the Nazis will invade France...but invade they do, in droves of marching soldiers, in caravans of trucks and tanks, in planes that fill the skies and drop bombs upon the innocent. When a German captain requisitions Vianne's home, she and her daughter must live with the enemy or lose everything. Without food or money or hope, as danger escalates all around them, she is forced to make one impossible choice after another to keep her family alive. Vianne's sister, Isabelle, is a rebellious eighteen-year-old girl, searching for purpose with all the reckless passion of youth. While thousands of Parisians march into the unknown terrors of war, she meets G etan, a partisan who believes the French can fight the Nazis from within France, and she falls in love as only the young can...completely. But when he betrays her, Isabelle joins the Resistance and never looks back, risking her life time and again to save others. With courage, grace and powerful insight, bestselling author Kristin Hannah captures the epic panorama of WWII and illuminates an intimate part of history seldom seen: the women's war. The Nightingale tells the stories of two sisters, separated by years and experience, by ideals, passion and circumstance, each embarking on her own dangerous path toward survival, love, and freedom in German-occupied, war-torn France--a heartbreakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the durability of women. It is a novel for everyone, a novel for a lifetime.


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Two sisters. One must be brave. One should be afraid.

Movingly written and plotted with the skill of Greek tragedy. You'll keep turning the pages until the last racking sob * Daily Mail * Unforgettable * Easy Living * A gripping, emotional read * SHE magazine * A story of sibling love, friendship and loss. I cried a lot * Look magazine * A gripping tale of family, love, grief and forgiveness from New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah * Sunday Express * Brilliant dialogue makes this a compulsive read * Books Monthly * Wrenching, convincing . . . bittersweet * Publishers Weekly * 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 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 * The suspense builds slowly in this thought-provoking and absorbing novel. * Choice *

Kristin Hannah is a New York Times bestselling author. She is a former lawyer turned writer and is the mother of one son. She and her husband live in the Pacific Northwest near Seattle, and Hawaii. Her first novel published in the UK, Night Road, was one of eight books selected for the UK's 2011 TV Book Club Summer Read.

General Fields

  • : 9781509848621
  • : PAN MACMILLAN UK
  • : Pan
  • : 0.33
  • : July 2017
  • : 197mm X 130mm
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Kristin Hannah
  • : Paperback
  • : English
  • : 813/.54
  • : very good
  • : 464
  • : FV