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Marc Notes:
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes Kristin Hannah's next novel. It is an epic love story and family drama set at the dawn of World War II. She is the author of twenty-one novels. Her previous novels include Home Front, Night Road, Firefly Lane, Fly Away, and Winter Garden--;Provided by publisher.;Viann and Isabelle have always been close despite their differences. Younger, bolder sister Isabelle lives in Paris while Viann lives a quiet and content life in the French countryside with her husband Antoine and their daughter. When World War II strikes and Antoine is sent off to fight, Viann and Isabelle's father sends Isabelle to help her older sister cope. As the war progresses, it's not only the sisters' relationship that is tested, but also their strength and their individual senses of right and wrong. With life as they know it changing in unbelievably horrific ways, Viann and Isabelle will find themselves facing frightening situations and responding in ways they never thought possible as bravery and resistance take different forms in each of their actions. Vivid and exquiste in its illumination of a time and place that was filled with great monstrosities, but also great humanity and strength, Kristin Hannah's novel will provoke thought and discussion that will have readers talking long after they turn the last page--;Provided by publisher.
Brief Description:
"Viann and Isabelle have always been close despite their differences. Younger, bolder sister Isabelle lives in Paris while Viann lives a quiet and content life in the French countryside with her husband Antoine and their daughter. When World War II strikes and Antoine is sent off to fight, Viann and Isabelle's father sends Isabelle to help her older sister cope. As the war progresses, it's not only the sisters' relationship that is tested, but also their strength and their individual senses of right and wrong. With life as they know it changing in unbelievably horrific ways, Viann and Isabelle will find themselves facing frightening situations and responding in ways they never thought possible"--Provided by publisher.
Review Quotes:
Praise for The Nightingale:
"Haunting,
action-packed, and compelling." --Christina Baker Kline, #1
New York Times bestselling author
"
Absolutely riveting!...Read this book." --Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff, Director of the University of Miami Holocaust Teacher Institute
"Beautifully written and
richly evocative." --Sara Gruen, #1
New York Times bestselling author
"A
hauntingly rich WWII novel about courage, brutality, love, survival--and the essence of what makes us human." --
Family Circle
"A
heart-pounding story." --
USA Today
"An enormous story. Richly satisfying.
I loved it." --Anne Rice
"A
respectful and absorbing page-turner." --
Kirkus Reviews
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Tender, compelling...a satisfying slice of life in Nazi-occupied France." --Jewish Book Council
"Expect to devour
The Nightingale in as few sittings as possible; the
high-stakes plot and lovable characters won't allow any rest until all of their fates are known." --
Shelf Awareness
"I loved
The Nightingale." --Lisa See, #1
New York Times bestselling author
"Powerful...
an unforgettable portrait of love and war." --People
Biographical Note:
KRISTIN HANNAH is the #1
New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty novels, including
The Four Winds,
The Nightingale and
The Great Alone. A former lawyer turned writer, she lives with her husband in the Pacific Northwest.
Publisher Marketing:
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.
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.
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
Review Citations:
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Library Journal Prepub Alert 09/01/2014 pg. 73 (EAN 9780312577223, Hardcover)
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Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2014 (EAN 9780312577223, Hardcover)
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Publishers Weekly 12/01/2014 (EAN 9780312577223, Hardcover)
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Booklist 12/15/2014 pg. 33 (EAN 9780312577223, Hardcover) - *Starred Review
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Library Journal 01/01/2015 pg. 91 (EAN 9780312577223, Hardcover)
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Romantic Times 02/01/2015 pg. 23 (EAN 9780312577223, Hardcover)
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Shelf Awareness 02/03/2015 (EAN 9780312577223, Hardcover)
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People 02/16/2015 pg. 52 (EAN 9780312577223, Hardcover)
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Library Journal 09/01/2014 (EAN 9780312577223, Hardcover)
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Wilson Fiction Catalog 04/11/2019 (EAN 9780312577223, Hardcover)
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Library Journal 12/01/2014 pg. 49 (EAN 9781427212672, Compact Disc) - *Starred Review
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Publishers Weekly 04/27/2015 (EAN 9781427212672, Compact Disc)
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Library Journal 05/15/2015 pg. 42 (EAN 9781427212672, Compact Disc)
Contributor Bio:Hannah, Kristin
KRISTIN HANNAH is the #1
New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty novels, including
The Nightingale, The Great Alone, and
The Four Winds. A former lawyer turned writer, she lives with her husband in the Pacific Northwest.
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