**The New York Times number one bestselling title. /b>b>Vivid and exquisite in its illumination of a time and place that was filled with atrocities, but also humanity and strength, Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale will provoke thought and discussion that will have readers talking long after they finish reading./b>b>Bravery, courage, fear and love in a time of war. /b>Despite their differences, sisters Viann and Isabelle have always been close. Younger, bolder Isabelle lives in Paris while Viann is content with life in the French countryside with her husband Antoine and their daughter. But when the Second World War strikes, Antoine is sent off to fight and Viann finds herself isolated so Isabelle is sent by their father to help her. As the war progresses, the sisters' relationship and strength is tested. With life 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.

A respectful and absorbing page-turner.

Vorwort
Two sisters. One must be brave. One should be afraid.

Autorentext
Kristin Hannah is an award-winning international number one bestseller with more than 25 million copies of her books sold worldwide. Her novels include, most recently, The Women (which topped the Sunday Times bestseller chart), The Four Winds and The Great Alone. The Nightingale is the winner of numerous best fiction awards and is soon to become a major movie, and Kristin’s much-loved earlier novel, Firefly Lane, was a number one blockbuster series on Netflix. Her writing has taken readers across multiple eras and to many places, but the thing that connects all of her work is the focus on what it’s like being a woman in challenging times. Kristin is a lawyer-turned-writer and is the mother of one son. She and her husband live in the Pacific Northwest near Seattle.

Klappentext

The Nightingale is a phenomenon that has enthralled a generation of readers.

This story is about what it's like to be a woman during the war when women's stories are all too often forgotten or overlooked . . . Vianne and Isabelle are two sisters who we follow through World War II in German-occupied France.

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 story of two sisters, separated by years and experience, by ideals, passion and circumstance, each embarking on her own dangerous path towards survival, love and freedom in war-torn France. It is 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.

'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

'Beautifully written . . . packed with action and emotion'
Sara Gruen, bestselling author of Water for Elephants

Zusammenfassung
Two sisters. One must be brave. One should be afraid. A heartbreaking, endlessly compelling work of historical fiction from Kristin Hannah, author of The Women.