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By (author) Hannah Kristin

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Two sisters. One must be brave. One should be afraid. A heartbreaking, endlessly compelling work of historical fiction from Kristin Hannah, author of The Women.

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The 10th Anniversary Special Edition and Bestselling Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick

”One of the greatest storytellers of our time” – Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing

Soon to be a major motion picture, The Nightingale has captured the hearts of millions of readers becoming a number one bestseller across the world. It is a heart-breakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the endurance of women.

”I always thought it was what I wanted: to be loved and admired. Now I think perhaps I’d like to be known”

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 Mauriac are two 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.

It is a novel for everyone, a novel for a lifetime.

‘A rich, compelling novel of love, sacrifice and survival’
– Kate Morton, author of Homecoming

‘Movingly written and plotted . . . you’ll keep turning the pages until the last racking sob’
– Daily Mail

‘I loved The Nightingale . . . great characters, great plots, great emotions, who could ask for more in a novel?’
– Isabel Allende, bestselling author of The House of the Spirits

‘A gripping tale of family, love, grief and forgiveness’ – Sunday Express

The Nightingale has sold more than 4 million copies globally, TIME, February 2021

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I loved The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, a talented writer of American stories; great characters, great plots, great emotions, who could ask for more in a novel?

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A rich, compelling novel of love, sacrifice and survival

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Beautifully written . . . packed with action and emotion

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Movingly written and plotted . . . you’ll keep turning the pages until the last racking sob

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The real horrors of war; the deprivations; the risks are all there . . . This is a hauntingly tragic yet sympathetic novel

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An unforgettable portrait of love and war

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The suspense builds slowly in this thought-provoking and absorbing novel

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The bestselling author hits her stride in this page-turning tale about two sisters, one in the French countryside, the other in Paris, who show remarkable courage in the German occupation during WWII . . . The author ably depicts war’s horrors through the eyes of these two women, whose strength of character shines through no matter their differences

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A respectful and absorbing page-turner

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A gripping tale of family, love, grief and forgiveness

Biographical note:
Kristin Hannah is an award-winning international number one bestseller with more than 25 million copies of her books sold worldwide. Her novels include, most recently, The Women (which topped the Sunday Times bestseller chart), The Four Winds and The Great Alone. The Nightingale is the winner of numerous best fiction awards and is soon to become a major movie, and Kristin’s much-loved earlier novel, Firefly Lane, was a number one blockbuster series on Netflix. Her writing has taken readers across multiple eras