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The Nightingale
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A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK
A #1 New York Times bestseller, Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year, and soon to be a major motion picture, this unforgettable novel of love and strength in the face of war has enthralled a generation.
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 stories of two sisters, separated by years and experience, by ideals, passion and circumstance, each embarking on her own dangerous path toward survival, love, and freedom in German-occupied, war-torn France—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.
Goodreads Best Historical Novel of the Year • People's Choice Favorite Fiction Winner • #1 Indie Next Selection • A Buzzfeed and The Week Best Book of the Year
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
A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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- E. Fourie
- 08/12/2020
Eye opening
At first I thought this book was too sickly sweet and wasn’t sure I’d like it. After giving it a second chance, i became drawn into the story and never looked back. The story told simultaneously by both sisters is raw and personal and your empathize with both of their thoughts and actions - making you wonder what you would do in the same situation. It is an homage to the women’s strength in these inhumanely cruel and unimaginably impossible times. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel and it’s honest telling of feelings and events that may well have taken place.
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- Sara
- 21/08/2015
Heroic & Harrowing Work Of Fiction
I have mixed feelings about this intense work of fiction. This is probably because I have read several books of nonfiction recently about France during WWII and the Vichy Regime. Some of the information presented in this book contradicts the actual history of the time. Additionally, if you know Paris well you will balk at the street locations and distances between places mentioned in the story. I found myself torn about pushing on with the book because of these problems. In the end, I allowed the excellent storytelling to override my concerns and treated the book as a compelling work of fiction.
Polly Stone's narration was really good. Her timing and accents added to the experience of listening. For me, she was a positive, but do listen to the sample because others disagree.
Be forewarned that this story is not for the faint of heart. Women and children in peril, torture, extreme violence and the horrors of war are all strong themes. Hannah's writing captured the emotions and fears of women in war forced to make difficult and impossible decisions. A harrowing, heartbreaking, and terrifying listening experience. If actual historic facts matter to you or if you are disturbed by violence I would proceed with caution.
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- PatrioticMimi
- 17/02/2015
HEARTBREAKINGLY POIGNANT AND INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL
There have been many books written about WWII and I have read many of them. For that reason I almost passed up this gem. It's a powerful, thought-provoking look at this horrible time in history from the very intimate perspective of a woman, wife, mother, sister, daughter and friend. It's about impossible choices, strength of the human spirit, endurance beyond imagining and hope. A stark reminder that not only men, but also women, were heroes in that war.
It's a long book, but I never felt it to drag. The narration was very well done. And I found myself wanting to stop along the way to reflect on situations and decisions characters had made and ask myself, "What would you have done?" There are many moral dilemmas in this book, none of which are easy. How far would you go to protect your child?
It was well worth the credit. The best book I've listened to in the past twelve months.
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- Mel
- 14/02/2015
A bird that roared
After reading the publisher's summary in Audible's *Featured Pre-Orders,* I was drawn to The Nightingale -- I have an obsession with the history of early twentieth century France, particularly the Inter War period and the few years after WWII. Unfamiliar with Hannah's body of work, I read that her oeuvre was *female fiction,* repeatedly compared to other authors I have chosen not to read. That translated to concern that I would be disappointed with the author, and by a book that inaccurately used history to piggy back on a saccharine love story. Not what I was looking for.
It was this line from the Kirkus Review that perfectly addressed my worries and sold me on this book: "Hannah’s new novel is an homage to the extraordinary courage and endurance of Frenchwomen during World War II." Hannah's skillful writing, and forceful story telling ability quickly became apparent and convinced me The Nightingale was a perfect choice.
As the story begins, the reader knows only that the novel is about two disparate sisters during the WWII Nazi occupation of France. From one of those sisters, now placed in a nursing home in Oregon, USA, the tale of survival is unraveled, but which surviving sister narrates the history remains unknown until the novel's end...and I hung onto the book until that ending and wished the story could've gone on.
Sisters Vianne and Isabelle are polar opposites, even in their individual strengths: Vianne is compassionate with the strengths we know as *a mother's-love,* wise and thoughtful; while the younger Isabelle is defiant, fearless, and recklessly brave -- opposites, but equally formidable. Each of their paths are harrowing and absorbing. On the home-front, Vianne must protect her daughter while fighting starvation, freezing winters, and the degradation from German soldiers. In silent horror, she watches as her friends and neighbors are branded with the Jewish star, then gathered into wagons and trains, often leaving infants behind alone. Even a rumor started from jealousy, or a false accusation can be deathly under the brutal Gestapo's presence. Young and compulsive, Isabelle defies the occupation openly until an event brings soldiers too close to their home. She realizes that for the protection of Vianne and her daughter, she must flee. She joins the Resistance and becomes a guide secretly transporting injured Allied airmen over the Pyrenees into Spain. [Isabelle's surname, Rossignol, is the French word for nightingale.]
Having read my share of French history, I was impressed with the historical accuracy of the story (though this was in part a love story that added little more than some quasi-romance). Many of the events were echoes of history books I've read and it was gratifying to see that Hannah did not treat the civilians as *landscape* and marginalize those poor souls caught in the crossfire of war. This was a riveting story, excellently told and narrated well (I will leave the accuracy of the French accent to those more knowledgeable than my HS French; it did not impede the story for me). It is worth mentioning that though this is fiction, Hannah said her idea for the story was ignited by a real incident she read about...and there are too many real incidents out there, both historical and current.
Recommend.
**It is estimated that 350,00 French civilians died during the German occupation, not from bombs or fighting, but from: crimes against humanity, famine, disease and "military acting out." This war preceded Article 27 of the Geneva Convention; females were considered *carnal booty.* Since 1949 Article 27 of the Fourth Geneva Convention explicitly prohibits wartime rape and enforced prostitution. In a speech to the United nations Security Council in 2008, Retired Major General Patrick Cammart stated,
“It has probably become more dangerous to be a woman than a soldier in an armed conflict.” Sadly, we haven't made much progress.
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- Wendi
- 04/02/2015
Like Nails on A Chalkboard! AWFUL!
First off- I love Kristin Hannah. I have enjoyed her books thoroughly over the years. In fact, I have loved every single one I've read- with no exaggeration. The story of the Nightingale is probably no different- about two girls in Paris growing up during the war, and their struggles. Hannah has a knack for addictive characters and drawing empathy from her readers- which is why we all love her and her novels.
That being said, I am going to have to return this book and buy the novel instead.
This is the most annoying narrator I have ever listened to. I have probably listened to over 300 audible books or more- and I have listened to some pretty bad narrators- but this by far is the worst.
She pronounces the letter S like a snake. Ssssssssssssssssssssssstop doing thisssssssssssssss to me! I always fall asleep lissssstening but I actually had to download another book. It was horrible! She also sounds ridiculous when she does a French accent- I literally wanted to cry I was so disappointed.
I don't know who produced this, but Hannah will lose money on this audible book unless they change the author and fix it. It's absolutely dreadful and I am so disappointed. I had pre-ordered this book and was so looking forward to it!
As I said, the story is probably very good but the narrator ruins it and makes it absolutely unbearable- like nails on a chalkboard.
Urgh.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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- IronDad
- 11/03/2015
Wow
Full time doctoral studies and full time work leaves no time for reading. I bought this book on Audible and it would keep me company on my hour commute to and from work. The story line is great-I can identify with Isabel, with her speak before thinking attitude.
I found myself laughing, crying, dropping my jaw in shock and disgust and didn't want to stop listening. I wish the book didn't end.
I highly recommend this book on Audible. The different character voices and current pronunciation of French words was better than I could have attempted!
You won't regret it.
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- B.J.
- 07/02/2015
S-l-o-w start but great finish.
This is a tough book to review. It would be easy to include a spoiler and that's not fair to other readers. So, I'll stay clear of that and do the best I can.
This is the first Kristin Hannah book for me and I didn't really know what to expect. With all the advance press, I was hoping for something equal to, say, "The Goldfinch" for this year's list of greats. Yes, it's good - but it's not going to make that list for me.
Though there's never a shortage of WWII books in fiction, there have never been enough books about the huge contribution women made to the war. I'm always pleased when one comes along that I think will capture new readers. I don't think this book comes close to "Code Name Verity" in quality, but there's no question it will generate great word-of-mouth and be a book club favorite.
As to the book itself, I wish I could rate it in two halves. The first half for me was ho-hum. Let's be generous and call it good. It took me a very long time to get into it. The narrator didn't help much. She's adequate, but really doesn't enhance the experience in any way. For quite a while I wondered if I could endure but pushed on anyway. I'm glad I did. Things changed.
About at half time, the storyline thickened and it became a compelling listen. All the set up on the characters paid off. Closer to the end when the author brings the whole thing around, she really ties it up beautifully. I'd even call it great.
Is it "Winds of War" caliber? Nope. But that book will never get a new flock of readers and social media buzz where this one just might. If it helps a new generation know what women did during the war, it will have done its job.
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Global2 out of 5 stars
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- Summer Layne
- 09/05/2019
Irritating Narration and Trite Writing
The narrator speaks too slowly, and uses a die-away inflection more suited to bedtime stories. Worse still: her strangled attempts at accents. I simply do not understand why English-speaking narrators use accents for non-native English speakers who are NOT speaking English! Why must we listen to hours of French and German accents better suited to the vaudeville stage?
Assuming that the French characters are speaking French - not English - to one another, then it appears obvious to me that accented dialog is ridiculous. The only time it would be appropriate would be if, say, a French character were speaking English in the story. But listening to hour after hour of French women speaking French to each other with French-accented English is absurd. Especially so, if the narrator's accent is cartoonish. Think Pepe le Pew after inhaling helium.
The writing is too self-consciously precious ... far too many words, repeated far too often, in overworked sentences. And the myriad analogies were ridiculously incongruous. Going against the tide here - I know - but, for me, this novel is highly overrated. Perhaps a brisker narration in unaccented English would have masked the insipid writing. But we aren't that lucky.
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- Destry
- 14/02/2015
Great book
This is a great novel. It does everything a novel is supposed to and leaves you drained at the end. In all three criteria Audible asks for, it is easily five star. Do yourself a favor and don't miss this one. Just a note about Polly Stone the narrator. She is very, very good and maintains a level that matches the quality of the novel. Her work helped make this such a wonderful experience.
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- K. parkinson
- 18/05/2015
Beautifully heartbreaking!
This book was not what I was expecting. For some reason I thought this was going to be a romance novel, boy was I wrong! Even though I was wrong about what this book was about, it was an amazing and beautiful novel! I'm grateful I got the experience of this book. I would highly recommend it to anyone who likes historical fiction.
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- Anthony Vacca
- 08/02/2015
Moving, inspiring, excellent writing!
This was an extremely well-written story. The characters seem real and evoked emotional highs and lows for the reader. I highly recommend this book for any reader and plan to have my teenage daughter sit down and read this book with me.
This is now my favorite book and I have many many to compare! Excellent writing and beautiful reading!
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- Claudia
- 15/06/2019
Herzzerreißend
Ein tolles Buch über starke Frauen. Unweigerlich stellt man sich die Frage, wie man selbst wohl gehandelt hätte.
Eine absolute Empfehlung!
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- noga
- 17/12/2017
A glimpse into the worse years France
This fiction throughout so many details made me realize what history books cannot teach, ie. the reality of everyday’s life throughout French nazi, anti-jew and collaborative years and how lucky we are not to have been part of it. We all further need to remember, so we make sure it never happens again.
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- BikerJoe
- 17/10/2017
A Worldwar II Story of a Different Kind
Kristin Hannah’s “The Nightingale” is simply a great book. It is a deeply moving and haunting tale of the heroism of two sisters in war torn France. It truthfully captures the incredible cruelty and misery of world war II, but it does so by watching the suffering and the despair of everyday people and how some of them show heroism and compassion in their struggle to survive.
It is a heartbreaking story and Kristin Hannah manages to tell it in gripping prose, full of emotion, passion and its magic puts a spell on you. This is partly Polly Stone’s merit, she does an outstanding job reading it.
“The Nightingale” is the story of Isabelle and Vianne in German-occupied France. They lost their mother at a young age and their father, an estranged alcoholic, rejects them completely. Completely different in character and ideals Isabelle and Vianne set out on separate paths to fight the Nazi regime. Isabelle joins the Resistance and smuggles downed allied pilots through the Pyrenees to Spain, while Vianne tries to hide Jewish orphans to save them from certain death.
This is not just a good book, it is an important book. It confronts us with the ugliest face of man, but it also shows us beauty and love.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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- Annette
- 27/11/2023
Wow! Kristin Hannah!!! You are a phantastic writer!
This is a heartbreaking story about the endless cruelty of wars, about powerful love and heroic people who have the inner strength to face even the meanest adversity to do good. It is magnificently told, and beautifully read and spoken. The fact that it is written by a woman and that the two main characters are female should not stamp the book as "women's litterature". I think that this kind of classification is largely outdated although i could probably agree that a certain "women's litterature" does exist, as does some "men's litterature". And in actual fact those books are no litterature but stories full of klischees, which "the Nightingale" is certainly not.
It is an especially important book right now, as we have so much cruelty going on right now in different parts of the world, and more and more voices are getting loud, war mongering broadly. There is nothing good in war and nothing good in evil behaviour.
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- Nadine Bräuer
- 22/10/2023
Loved it!
It’s a moving story well written and very touching. Highly recommend this book to anyone!
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- Francisco Rodriguez
- 17/01/2023
amazing story
love it, it's an amazing store about tye silent heroes that could be found in any war
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- 🤣
- 09/07/2022
Gut geschrieben
Zunächst plätschert die Geschchte dahin wird aber doch noch spannend und bewegend, mit überraschendem Ende.
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- Meike S.
- 25/04/2022
Eine unglaublich bewegende Geschichte! Großartig!
Von Anfang bis Ende sehr berührend und detailliert erzählt... das Leben zweier Schwestern im 2. Weltkrieg in Frankreich. Vor allem gegen Ende super spannend... am Ende flossen einfach nur die Tränen. Hat mich unglaublich berührt! Großartig gesprochen! Ein richtiges Hörerlebnis!
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- Dothy
- 23/03/2022
Really captivating story
I was especially captivated by the twists and turns of the story and by the characters.
At a time in which war is ravaging in Europe, the story of Vienne and Isabelle and their fight for survival in a hostile world got me shivering while listening.
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- Amazon Kunde
- 01/03/2022
Eine bemerkenswerte und berührende Geschichte
erzählt aus dem dunklen Kapitel des 2. Weltkriegs. Authentisch vorgetragen, fesselnd, traurig, doch lebensbejahend. Absolut hörenswert.
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