Book Review: Kristin Hannah’s ‘The Nightingale’
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I can’t remember the last time I actually shed tears over a book but Kristin Hannah’s, ‘The Nightingale,’ had just that effect on me. It’s an exciting journey of bravery and brutality; love and loyalty, as well as hardship and horror, all set against the backdrop of German-occupied France during World War II.
I couldn’t stop listening to this marvelous account of two sisters, one a struggling wife and mother who is forced to make impossible choices to save her family and the other a member of the Resistance who risks her life to save others.
Here’s a brief synopsis:
In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says goodbye to her husband, Antoine, as he heads for the Front. She doesn’t believe that the Nazis will invade France…but invade they do, in droves of marching soldiers, in caravans of trucks and tanks, in planes that fill the skies and drop bombs upon the innocent. When France is overrun, Vianne is forced to take an enemy into her house, and suddenly her every move is watched; her life and her child’s life is at constant risk. Without food or money or hope, as the danger escalates around her, she must make one terrible choice after another.
Vianne’s sister, Isabelle, is a rebellious eighteen-year-old girl, searching for purpose with all the reckless passion of youth. While thousands of Parisians march into the unknown terrors of war, she meets the compelling and mysterious Gäetan, a partisan who believes the French can fight the Nazis from within France, and she falls in love as only the young can…completely. When he betrays her, Isabelle races headlong into danger and joins the Resistance, never looking back or giving a thought to the real–and deadly–consequences.
So, imagine my delight when I learned a movie, based on this marvelous book, had been made, one with an all-star cast headed by Bradley Cooper and scheduled for release on January 25, 2019.
There are two movies by the same name being released in 2019. The one that speaks to the book I just reviewed is directed by Michelle McClaren and stars Liam Neeson, Rachel Weisz, Jude Law, and etc.
If you get a chance, check out “The Nightingale” in either audio or print. You won’t be disappointed, particularly if you are a fan of the genre.
MadMikesAmerica awards FIVE stars to The Nightingale.
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Lovely book. Read it just a month or so ago and it’s one that stays long after the last page is turned.
I will add this to my to be read pile. Currently re reading an Outlander series book for the start of the new season next month, so I can be caught up but then I am free to read other things 🙂