Without much of a future ahead of her, she begins to look backward at her past, taking us with her through her life story beginning in France 1939, right before the war changed her peaceful life. We begin the story in 1995 with an old woman towards the end of her life, moving out of her house into a retirement home. Mothers, daughter, sisters, wives… this is the story of their strength, endurance, sacrifice, and courage during the darkest part of their lives. So many of them didn’t just wait for their men to return but took many grave risks to save as many other lives as they could. This is the often-unspoken story of women’s war. While men endure great hardship during war, it affects everyone. I will say upfront though that this book was a little different than the kinds I usually read and review though because it wasn’t solely focused on a love story, even though there were two love stories within it. The ending was so powerful that I read the last 10 pages with tears pouring down my face and days after finishing my read, I still can’t stop thinking about it.

And I’m now adding my own 5 STAR rating to that list because this book owned my heart. The Nightingale has a 4.8/5 rating average on Amazon (which is HUGE!!) and what that basically means is that practically everyone who is reading it is loving it. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title.HOLY WOW!!! This book was absolutely epic! A sweeping, breathtaking journey that captivated me from the first page with the strength and beauty of the writing. This is a hauntingly tragic yet sympathetic novel (The Cape Times) packed with action and emotion' (Sara Gruen, bestselling author of Water for Elephants) The real horrors of war the deprivations the risks are all there.

bittersweet (Publishers Weekly) 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? (Isabel Allende) 'Beautifully written. I cried a lot (Look magazine) A gripping tale of family, love, grief and forgiveness from New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah (Sunday Express) Brilliant dialogue makes this a compulsive read (Books Monthly) Wrenching, convincing.

You'll keep turning the pages until the last racking sob (Daily Mail) Unforgettable (Easy Living) A gripping, emotional read (SHE magazine) A story of sibling love, friendship and loss. Movingly written and plotted with the skill of Greek tragedy.

The nightingale kristin hannah synopsis