When the Germans invade France, Isabelle is eager to take up the fight against them. She is a rebellious and impulsive young woman who dreams of joining the Resistance. Isabelle Mauriac is Vianne’s teenage sister. Vianne is left to care for her daughter and maintain their home on her own. The Germans occupy her town, and her husband is drafted into the military. When the German army invades France in 1940, Vianne’s life is turned upside down. Vianne Mauriac is a young mother living in the French town of Carriveau with her husband, Antoine, and their two-year-old daughter, Sophie. When their town is invaded by the Germans, both sisters are forced to make difficult choices that will change their lives forever.

Vianne is a wife and mother who is content to live a quiet life, while Isabelle is a rebellious teenager who dreams of joining the Resistance. The book tells the story of two sisters, Vianne and Isabelle Mauriac, who live in German-occupied France during World War II.

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'Movingly written and plotted with the heartless skill of a Greek tragedy, you'll keep turning the pages until the last racking sob' - Daily Mail 'A rich, compelling novel of love, sacrifice and survival' - Kate Morton It is a novel for everyone, a novel for a lifetime. It is a heart-breakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the endurance of women. 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.

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. It has become a phenomenon that has enthralled a generation of readers. Soon to be a major motion picture, The Nightingale is a multi-million copy bestseller across the world.

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