I have heard a lot about Kristen Hannah’s The Nightingale, and I have read a lot of World War II historical fiction lately (plus I’m almost done with with book #2 in the Chaos Walking series, which is basically “Nazis on another planet”), and I think a combination of those factors led me to enjoy this less than I could have otherwise. “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 […]
The Nightingale
Longtime Cannonballers who pay attention to such things probably know that there are a few things a writer can do to ensure I read their work. Kristin Hannah, in writing The Nightingale hit almost all of these! World War II? Check. European setting? Check. Sisters doing it for themselves? Check. Impossible love? Check and check! There was no way I wasn’t going to at least like this book a little bit, and I really enjoyed it. The Nightingale is the story of two French sisters, […]