I loved
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, a talented writer of American stories; great characters, great plots, great emotions, who could ask for more in a novel?Beautifully written . . . packed with action and emotion.The real horrors of war; the deprivations; the risks are all there... This is a hauntingly tragic yet sympathetic novelAn unforgettable portrait of love and war.The suspense builds slowly in this thought-provoking and absorbing novel.The bestselling author hits her stride in this page-turning tale about two sisters, one in the French countryside, the other in Paris, who show remarkable courage in the German occupation during WWII . . . The author ably depicts war‰۪s horrors through the eyes of these two women, whose strength of character shines through no matter their differences.A respectful and absorbing page-turner.Two sisters. One must be brave. One should be afraid.
Soon to be a major motion picture, The Nightingale is a multi-million copy bestseller across the world. It is a heart-breakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the endurance of women.
This story is about what it was like to be a woman during World War II when women‰۪s stories were all too often forgotten or overlooked . . . Vianne and Isabelle Mauriac are two sisters, separated by years and experience, by ideals and passion and circumstance, each embarking on her own dangerous path towards survival, love and freedom in war-torn France.
Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale is a novel for everyone, a novel for a lifetime.
‰Û÷A rich, compelling novel of love, sacrifice and survival‰۪ - Kate Morton
‰Û÷Movingly written and plotted with the heartless skill of a Greek tragedy, you‰۪ll keep turning the pages until the last racking sob‰۪ - Daily Mail
‰Û÷I loved The Nightingale . . . great characters, great plots, great emotions, who could ask for more in a novel?‰۪ - Isabel Allende, author of The House of the Spirits
‰Û÷A gripping tale of family, love, grief and forgiveness‰۪ - Sunday Express
Kristin Hannah is a
New York Times bestselling author. She is a former lawyer turned writer and is the mother of one son. She and her husband live in the Pacific Northwest near Seattle, and Hawaii. 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, and her novel
The Nightingale was a
New York Times number one bestseller, selling almost three million copies worldwide. Her novel
The Four Winds was a Richard & Judy Book Club pick.
