Soon the Nazis invade France and move into the sisters’ quiet village of Carriveau.
Isabelle, a headstrong eighteen-year-old who has been expelled from yet another finishing school, has moved in with Vianne because their father, a widower, is unwilling to let Isabelle live with him in Paris.
It is 1939 and Vianne, the older sister, is married and watches her husband leave her and their young daughter to fight the Germans. Set mostly in France during World War II, the book features two main characters, Vianne and Isabelle Mauriac, who are sisters but very different. After hearing about and then researching the story of a young Belgian woman who created an escape route out of France during World War II, Hannah was inspired to write her newest novel “The Nightingale,” which is historical fiction at its best. Martin’s Press February 2015 448 pp $27.99Īuthor Kristin Hannah has written more than twenty novels, most of them contemporary women’s fiction. Vivid and exquisite 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.Book Reviews by Ann Jonas, Tradebook Buyer - CSB/SJU Bookstores 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.
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. 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. 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. Viann and Isabelle have always been close despite their differences. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes an epic novel of love and war, spanning from the 1940s to the present day, and the secret lives of those who live in a small French town.
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