“Men tell stories…. Women get on with it. For us it was a shadow war. There were no parades for us when it was over, no medals or mentions in history books. We did what we had to during the war, and when it was over, we picked up the pieces and started our lives over.”
This book took me a moment to get into, but after about 100 pages I could not put it down. I finally get the hype for Kristin Hannah and cannot wait to read more of her novels. I intensely see myself in Vianne and Isabelle and aspire to possess their resilience, vulnerability and beauty. “The Nightingale” is a story as much about the importance of women not only in WWII but in the world, as it is about family, in all of its forms and complexities, and more specifically about sisterhood.
If you read and enjoyed The Alice Network, you’ll love this one even more.