The bestselling Reese Witherspoon Book Club PickSoon to be a major motion picture,The Nightingale has captured the hearts of millions of readers becoming a number one 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.It is a novel for everyone,a novel for a lifetime.'A rich,compelling novel of love,sacrifice and survival'- Kate Morton'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'I loved The Nightingale...great characters,great plots,great emotions,who could ask for more in a novel'- Isabel Allende,bestselling author of The House of the Spirits'A griping tale of family,love,grief and forgiveness'- Sunday Express
Publisher: Pan MacmillanISBN: 9781509898411Number of pages: 480Weight: 318 gDimensions: 197 x 130 x 29 mm
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Utterly Compelling,Powerful and unforgettable Kristin Hannah is an exquisite storyteller. The Nightingale is one of those rare must read books that will forever nestle in your heart. . .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 novelBeautifully written...packed with action and emotionThe real horrors of war,the deprivations,the risks are all there...This is a hauntingly tragic yet sympathetic novelAn unforgettable portrait of love and warThe 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 differencesA respectful and absorbing page-turnerThe suspense builds slowly in this thought-provoking and absorbing novel
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