Kristin Hannah
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| Title | : | The Nightingale |
| Author | : | Kristin Hannah |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 440 pages |
| Published | : | February 3rd 2015 by St. Martin's Press |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. War. World War II. Audiobook. Adult |
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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 Gäetan, 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.Declare Books As The Nightingale
| Original Title: | The Nightingale |
| ISBN: | 0312577222 (ISBN13: 9780312577223) |
| Edition Language: | English URL https://kristinhannah.com/books/the-nightingale/ |
| Characters: | Vianne Mauriac, Isabelle Rossignol |
| Setting: | Paris,1939(France) Loire Valley,1939(France) Pyrenees,1939 …more Oregon Coast,1995(United States) Carriveau(France) Portland, Oregon,1995(United States) Ravensbrück(Germany) Paris,1995(France) …less |
| Literary Awards: | Audie Award for Fiction (2016), Goodreads Choice Award for Historical Fiction (2015) and Nominee for Best of the Best (2018), International Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2017) |
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Ratings: 4.57 From 606867 Users | 58583 ReviewsAppraise Epithetical Books The Nightingale
1.5 stars. Oh, the IRONY. You might have never heard of it, but in 1981 French author Régine Deforges released a book called La bicyclette bleue, 1939-1942 (part of a trilogy), which related the story of two sisters** during WWII in France. Léa, the outspoken, rebel and reckless one, who joins the Resistance after fleeing from the invasion of Paris and Françoise, the older, who has to live under the same roof of a SS during the Occupation. RING A BELL? This novel, many times bestseller inI don't even know where to start this review. I am typing it through teary eyes, so I will keep it simple. (Insert tissues here)My pick for Vianne when this becomes a movie is Naomi Watts or Kate Winslet and for Isabella is Julianne Hough or Amanda Seyfried. Let's see if Hollywood takes my suggestion!This WW2 novel was so beautifully written. This war was a time of bitter hatred and in this story Kristin Hannah brings to life love, survival, bitterness, strength, and persistence. Vianne and
Thank you for saving me the time of writing a review as you have captured it all here. Only grateful that I didnt buy the book and only borrowed it
I feel like I went on the journey with these characters, that I lived these years with them. It's a story I won't soon forget and definitely one that I hope to revisit in the future. An absolutely stunning book that I can't recommend highly enough. 5 stars
Crying in the library. This book is an ode to women. Women. Our spirits. He loves a version of me that is incomplete. I always thought it was what I wanted: to be loved and admired. Now I think perhaps I'd like to be known. We all know suffering and have experienced different degrees of it. But, I dont think theres any suffering that compares to the suffering of war. And this is not to downplay other painful and, possibly, equally horrendous experiences. But as Im looking into this book as a
Kristin Hannah is a pro in the chick-lit genre, and I applaud her efforts to break into historical fiction with The Nightingale. Unfortunately, I cannot say that I loved the result. When I read historical fiction in a war setting, I expect a certain rawness that just wasn't delivered here. Yes, she included historically accurate descriptions of carnage, but the tone was destroyed with a barrage of trite elements. The two main characters happen to be beautiful, irresistible, young sisters with
My nightingale, I got you home.This review contains *spoilers*.I honestly didn't expect to like The Nightingale as much as I did.The premise of the book intrigued me (I've been really into historical fiction lately). This story follows two sisters, Vianne and Isabelle, during World War II and their hardships trying to survive. My heart broke for each sister as I read their stories full of loss and pain. And I loved the shifting point-of-view that allowed me to see inside each character's head.
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