The Nightingale

87 weeks on the bestseller list New York Times

• #1 on her list Wall Street Journal
• Best historical novel in Goodreads
• In his best books Amazon for 2015

“ I loved “The Nightingale” by the talented Kristin Hannah: wonderful characters, excellent plot, strong emotions. What more could one ask for from a novel? ” – Isabel Allende

A shocking novel, a hymn to the resilience of the human soul and the strength of women.

France, 1939. In the village of Carivaux, Vian says goodbye to her husband Antoine, who is leaving for the front. The Germans invade with hordes of soldiers, tanks and planes, darkening the sky and bombing innocents.

When her home is requisitioned, she and her daughter are forced to live under the same roof as the enemy. Without food, money, and hope, Vian is forced to make one tough decision after another to ensure her family's survival.

Her 18-year-old sister, Isabel, meets a charming partisan and falls in love with him as only teenagers can – absolutely. When he betrays her, Isabel joins the Resistance without a second thought.

The Nightingale is the story of two sisters separated by age difference, experiences, ideals, passions and circumstances, and each of them follows their own dangerous path towards survival, love and freedom.

With courage, charming writing, and a penetrating eye, widely read author Kristin Hannah captures the epic panorama of World War II and illuminates a part of history that we rarely see: the women's war.