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
invade 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 time and again 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.
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