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The Nightingale (2015) is a novel by the American author Kristin Hannah. The book tells the story of two sisters in France during World War II, and their struggle to survive and resist the German occupation of France. The novel was inspired by the story of a Belgian woman, Andrée de Jongh, who helped downed Allied pilots to escape Nazi territory.
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 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 to save others.
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.
A #1 New York Times bestseller, Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year, 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, this unforgettable novel of love and strength in the face of war has enthralled a generation. The novel was published in 43 languages and has sold over 2 million copies. It was optioned for a screen adaptation by TriStar Pictures in March 2015. An upcoming American drama film 'The Nightingale' directed by Mélanie Laurent, starring the Fanning sisters Dakota and Elle. It is scheduled to be released on December 22, 2021, by Sony Pictures Releasing.
About the Author
Kristin Hannah (born September 25, 1960, in California) is an American bestselling author. She is a former lawyer turned writer. She graduated with a degree in Communication from the University of Washington and worked at an advertising agency in Seattle. She graduated from the University of Puget Sound Law School and practiced law in Seattle before becoming a full-time writer. Hannah wrote her first novel with her mother, who was dying of cancer at the time; the book was never published.
Kristin is an award-winning author of more than 20 novels including the international blockbuster, The Nightingale, which was named Goodreads Best Historical fiction novel for 2015 and won the coveted People's Choice award for best fiction in the same year. Additionally, it was named Best Book of the Year by Amazon, iTunes, The Wall Street Journal, Paste, and The Week. Hannah's this bestselling novel sold over two million copies and published in 43 languages.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. Her other work, The Great Alone, was published by St. Martin's Press in 2018 and became an instant New York Times #1 bestseller. It has been also voted the Best Historical Novel of the year 2018 by Goodreads readers. Her latest novel is The Four Winds which was published on February 2, 2021.
Three of Hannah's novels have been optioned for films: Home Front, The Nightingale, and The Great Alone. Her book Firefly Lane was turned into a Netflix original series, starring Sarah Chalke and Katherine Heigl which premiered on February 3rd, 2021.
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Rating: 4.8/5
Author: Kristin Hannah
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publishing Date: February 3, 2015 (First edition)
Edition Language: English
Genre: World War II Historical Fiction, Sisters Fiction, Mother and Children Fiction
ISBN-10: 0312577222
ISBN-13: 978-0312577223
Pages: 440 (Hardcover)
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