The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah

The Nightingale

By Kristin Hannah

  • Release Date: 2015-02-03
  • Genre: Fiction & Literature
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 19,750 Ratings

Description

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

Reviews

  • Got me back into reading

    5
    By Itsallstraw
    Brought me to tears, such a well written story from a perspective of those back home and how they suffered. Love conquers all.

  • The Second of Many

    5
    By Piper's Grandpa
    After recently reading ‘The Women’…I could not wait to start another of her books. Happy to say there are many more available to me. RP

  • Amazing Story

    5
    By Tris🌺
    I loved reading this book. It was such an emotional read for me.

  • Stunning

    5
    By punakai303
    I couldn’t put this book down, although, I didn’t want it to end. Inspirational and heartbreaking. These two women take you on a journey of survival beyond anything I could have ever imagined. Thank you Kristen Hannah, for giving me insight into a world I knew little about. DB

  • Amazing!

    5
    By Nova1819
    Will not disappoint! Do yourself a favor and read it!

  • Emotionally draining

    5
    By wendysuepooh
    Worth the read, learn about France, WWII and how the people survived and lost

  • Remarkable & Memorable

    5
    By Scampion
    This book was outstanding. I could not put this book down. I truly felt like I was right there with each of the characters as the story was progressing. I highly recommend this book. Kristin Hannah is an excellent author. I look forward to reading more of her books.

  • Phenomenal

    5
    By Museymonroe
    This beautifully written, fictional recapture of women, sisters, and the family we choose brought tears to my eyes. In a world of grey during WWII, Hannah tells a colorful recapture of women who risked everything to save the lives of downed airmen and children left behind by their parents imprisoned in concentration camps. My heart ached with utter sadness and total pride reading The Nightingale. Wow. A MUST READ.

  • Heartbreaking and beautiful

    5
    By AshBrrk
    This book will bring tears of sorrow to any mother’s heart. Any woman or readers heart at that. It is a beautifully written tale of a woman and her family living through Hitlers war. Not being a Jewish woman in fear, but a Frenchwoman. It really brought light to the suffering of all European people during that time- which I personally never saw spotlighted/acknowledged before. It was beautiful yet tragic and now I yearn to learn and read more on this topic. Terrible things happened to sadden her soul but she chose love in the end.

  • WOW!!!

    5
    By JT Hunnicutt
    What a wonderful book! I couldn’t put it down.

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