The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah – In love
we find out who we want to be, in war we find out who we are (cover
blurb). 1939 France – Vianne sees her husband off to war, sure that this
scuffle with the Nazis will end quickly. However, the invasion occurs, and soon
she has a German captain requisitioning a room in her home. 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.
Meanwhile Vianne’s impetuous sister, Isabelle, meets Gaetan
and joins the Resistance. Never looking back, she risks her live many times to
save others. The circle of war brings the sisters and their estranged father
together in a unique circumstance. None trusts the other, but as family
fighting for France in their own ways, they unite in a surprising way. Kristin
Hannah captures the epic panorama of World War II and illuminates history in
this fictional work. Sisters, ideals, passions, danger, survival, love, and
freedom – this book covers the gamut in a novel that celebrates the resilience
of the human spirit and the durability of women. (cover blurb)
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah is an
excellent read. Have a tissue handy near the end – sniffle alert, I promise
(and that’s okay).
