• 45 weeks on the New York Times best seller list

• #1 on the Wall Street Journal list

• Best historical novel on Goodreads

• One of the best books on Amazon for 2015

“I loved 'The Nightingale' by the talented Kristin Hannah: wonderful characters, excellent plot, strong emotions. What more could anyone want from a novel?” - Isabel Allende

A gripping novel, a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit and the strength of women.

France, 1939. In the village of Carriveau, Viann says goodbye to her husband Antoine, who is leaving for the front. The Germans invade with hordes of soldiers, tanks, and planes, darkening the sky and bombing the innocent. When they requisition her home, she and her daughter are forced to live under the same roof with the enemy. Without food, money, and hope, Viann is compelled to make one hard decision after another to secure her family’s survival.

Her 18-year-old sister, Isabel, meets a charming resistance fighter and falls in love with him as only teenagers can – completely. When he betrays her, Isabel joins the Resistance without a second thought.

'The Nightingale' is the story of two sisters separated by age, experience, ideals, passions, and circumstances, each following her own dangerous path toward survival, love, and freedom.

With courage, enchanting prose, and an incisive perspective, bestselling author Kristin Hannah captures the epic panorama of World War II and illuminates a rarely seen piece of history: the war of women.

KRISTIN HANNAH has written twenty-two novels, many of which have appeared on the New York Times best seller lists.