The Nightingale: A Novel

Kristin Hannah

Feb 2015 · Sold by St. Martin's Press

About this ebook

A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK

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.

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. 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.

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

Ratings and reviews

I loved this book! Kinda long, but a great story about the women of WWII. Kristin Hannah's writing is superb! This heartbreaking story will give you a glimpse of what life was like for people during WWII in France and show you just how strong women are! I found the ending very satisfying.

Praise for The Great Alone Listeners,beware:You won't want to stop listening to narrator Julia Whelan's performance of his complex story survival and family....With pitch-perfect timing and a touch of drama,whelan exquisitely builds the tension,creating an enveloping atmospher of foreboding that's difficult to turn away from....a don't miss audiobook experience-Audio file Magazine Reliably alluring.... The Great Alone is packed with rapturous descriptions of Alaskan Scenery..... Hannah remembers and summons an undeveloped wilderness,descriving a gloriously pritine region in the days before cruise ships discovered it"- The New York Times Daily Reviews Kristin Hannah's new novel makes Alaska sound equally gorgeous and treacherous-a glistening realm that lures folks into the wild and them kills them there -

I can't praise this book enough. A look at what women do to survive during times of war. While the book is fiction it has some basis in truth. Isabelle was inspired by real life hero Andrée De Jongh. This book will stay with me for awhile.

About the author

Kristin Hannah is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the The Nightingale, soon to be a major motion picture directed by Michelle MacLaren. Her latest novel is The Great Alone, set in Alaska. Hannah is also the author of the New York Times bestsellers Firefly Lane, Winter Garden, Night Road, Fly Away, and Home Front, which has been optioned for film by 1492 Films (producers of the Oscar-nominated film The Help) with Chris Columbus attached to write, produce, and direct. She is the mother of one son and lives with her husband in the Pacific Northwest.