The Nightingale

<p><b>The multimillion-copy bestselling phenomenon and Reese Witherspoon book club pick.</b><br><br><b>‘One of the greatest storytellers of our time’ – Delia Owens</b>, author of <i>Where the Crawdads Sing</i><br><br><b>Soon to be a major motion picture, Kristin Hannah’s <i>The Nightingale</i> has captured the hearts of millions of readers, becoming a number one bestseller across the world. It is a heartbreakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the endurance of women.</b><br><br><b><i>‘</i></b><i>I always thought it was what I wanted: to be loved and admired. Now I think perhaps I’d like to be known.’</i><br><br>This story is about what it was like to be a woman during World War II, when women’s stories were all-too-often forgotten or overlooked. Vianne and Isabelle are sisters, separated by years and experience, by ideals and passion and circumstance, each embarking on her own dangerous path towards survival, love and freedom in war-torn France.<br><br>It is a novel for everyone, a novel for a lifetime.<br><br><b>‘A rich, compelling novel of love, sacrifice and survival’ – </b>Kate Morton, author of <i>Homecoming</i><br><br><b>‘Movingly written and plotted with the heartless skill of a Greek tragedy, you’ll keep turning the pages until the last racking sob’ – </b><i>Daily Mail</i><br><br><b>‘I loved <i>The Nightingale</i> . . . great characters, great plots, great emotions; who could ask for more in a novel?’ – </b>Isabel Allende, bestselling author of <i>A Long Petal of the Sea</i><br><br><b>‘A griping tale of family, love, grief and forgiveness’ </b>– <i>Sunday Express</i><br><br><i>_{The Nightingale has sold more than 4 million copies globally, TIME, February 2021}</i></p>