Product Details

• Hardcover: 440 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press; 1st edition (February 3, 2015)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312577222
• ISBN-13: 23
• Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 1.4 x 9.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• #52 in Sisters Fiction

Review The Amazon Spotlight Pick for February 2015: Kristin Hannah
is a popular thriller writer with legions of fans, but her latest novel, The
Nightingale, soars to new heights (sorry) and will earn her even more ecstatic
readers. Both a weeper and a thinker, the book tells the story of two French
sisters – one in Paris, one in the countryside – during WWII; each is crippled
by the death of their beloved mother and cavalier abandonment of their father;
each plays a part in the French underground; each finds a way to love and
forgive. If this sounds sudsy. . . well, it is, a little. . . but a melodrama
that combines historical accuracy (Hannah has said her inspiration for
Isabelle was the real life story of a woman who led downed Allied soldiers on
foot over the Pyrenees) and social/political activism is a hard one to resist.
Even better to keep you turning pages: the central conceit works – the book is
narrated by one of the sisters in the present, though you really don’t know
until the very end which sister it is. Fast-paced, detailed, and full of
romance (both the sexual/interpersonal kind and the larger, trickier romance
of history and war), this novel is destined to land (sorry, again) on the top
of best sellers lists and night tables everywhere. — Sara Nelson Read more
Review 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”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 Read more See all Editorial Reviews