an unforgettable portrait of love and war. Lisa See, #1 New York Times bestselling author Powerful. Jewish Book Council 'Expect to devour The Nightingale in as few sittings as possible the high-stakes plot and lovable characters won't allow any rest until all of their fates are known.' - Shelf Awareness I loved The Nightingale. a satisfying slice of life in Nazi-occupied France. Anne Rice A respectful and absorbing page-turner. Sara Gruen, #1 New York Times bestselling author 'A hauntingly rich WWII novel about courage, brutality, love, survival-and the essence of what makes us human.' - Family Circle 'A heart-pounding story.' - USA Today An enormous story. Miriam Klein Kassenoff, Director of the University of Miami Holocaust Teacher Institute Beautifully written and richly evocative. Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author Absolutely riveting. Goodreads Best Historical Novel of the Year - People's Choice Favorite Fiction Winner - #1 Indie Next Selection - A Buzzfeed and The Week Best Book of the Year Praise for The Nightingale : Haunting, action-packed, and compelling. It is a novel for everyone, a novel for a lifetime. 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. With courage, grace, and powerful insight, bestselling author Kristin Hannah captures the epic panorama of World War II and illuminates an intimate part of history seldom seen: the women's war. But when he betrays her, Isabelle joins the Resistance and never looks back, risking her life time and again to save others. 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.

Vianne's sister, Isabelle, is a rebellious eighteen-year-old girl, searching for purpose with all the reckless passion of youth.

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. When a German captain requisitions Vianne's home, she and her daughter must live with the enemy or lose everything. 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. She doesn't believe that the Nazis will invade France. France, 1939 - In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says goodbye to her husband, Antoine, as he heads for the Front.

A #1 New York Times bestseller, Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year, and soon to be a major motion picture, this unforgettable novel of love and strength in the face of war has enthralled a generation.

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