The nightingale / Kristin Hannah.
Viann and Isabelle have always been close despite their differences. Younger, bolder sister Isabelle lives in Paris while Viann lives a quiet and content life in the French countryside with her husband Antoine and their daughter. When World War II strikes and Antoine is sent off to fight, Viann and Isabelle's father sends Isabelle to help her older sister cope. As the war progresses, it's not only the sisters' relationship that is tested, but also their strength and their individual senses of right and wrong. With life as they know it changing in unbelievably horrific ways, Viann and Isabelle will find themselves facing frightening situations and responding in ways they never thought possible as bravery and resistance take different forms in each of their actions. Vivid and exquiste in its illumination of a time and place that was filled with great monstrosities, but also great humanity and strength, Kristin Hannah's novel will provoke thought and discussion that will have readers talking long after they turn the last page.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780312577223
- ISBN: 0312577222
- ISBN: 9781250080400
- Physical Description: 440 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
Target Audience Note: | HL740L Lexile. |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.2 22 184786. |
Awards Note: | New York Times Best Seller 2015 Goodreads Choice Award Winner 2015 |
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Subject: | Sisters > Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 > France > Fiction. Civilians in war > Fiction. France > Fiction. |
Genre: | Historical fiction. War fiction. Romance fiction. |
Available copies
- 45 of 116 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 2 of 4 copies available at Cass County.
Holds
- 9 current holds with 116 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Cass County Library-Archie | F HAN 2015 (Text) | 0002205093822 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Cass County Library-Bookmobile | F HAN 2015 (Text) | 0002204756056 | Bookmobile Storage | Checked out | 05/13/2024 |
Cass County Library-Drexel | F HAN 2015 (Text) | 0002206103521 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center | F HAN 2015 (Text) | 0002206293975 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 05/06/2024 |
The Nightingale : A Novel
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The Nightingale : A Novel
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. France, 1939 - 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 a German captain requisitions Vianne's home, she and her daughter must live with the enemy or lose everything. Without food or money or hope, as danger escalates all around them, she is forced to make one impossible choice after another to keep her family alive. 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 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. But when he betrays her, Isabelle joins the Resistance and never looks back, risking her life time and again to save others. 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