Book Club Ideas for "The Nightingale" {Part 2}

"Some stories don’t have happy endings. Even love stories. Maybe especially love stories." 

-Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale

There are so many great quotes in this book. This (above) was just one of them.
You need to read this book in your book club. This is the first book in our history (ten years) that every single person gave it a 5 STAR rating. That is totally unheard of, and that is proof that it will not disappoint you if you pick it for a book. Alix came up with some great ideas and discussion questions. She even made a little game where we had to guess who said what quote.

Book Club Ideas for "The Nightingale" by Kristin Hannah {Part 1}

“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.” 

― Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale

One thing we loved about this WWII book is that it told the story of two remarkable women who were heroes in the war and we so rarely hear those stories. It was refreshing to see a different story come to life of women who fought and struggled for years during an occupied France and who somehow still came out of it with love in their hearts and hope in humanity.

This book takes place in France but it also takes place during WWII when food was scarce. So instead of eating stale bread, weak soups and no desserts we choose to honor Vianne and Isabelle's lives with a celebratory feast.

Book Review for "The Nightingale" {by Kristin Hannah}

 

TITLE OF THE BOOK: The Nightingale  

AUTHOR: Kristin Hannah                                 

PUBLISHER: St. Martin’s Press

NUMBER OF PAGES: 440

YEAR PUBLISHED: 2015

READING LEVEL: Adult

GENRE: Historical Fiction, War, Romance

BOOK SUMMARY: “In love we find out who we want to be. In war we find out who we are.” 
The Nightingale is a beautiful story of two courageous sisters in a fight for freedom and survival in France during WWII. Vianne is forced to say goodbye to her husband as he heads off to war. As danger grows around her, Vianne must make impossible choices to keep her family alive. Isabelle is young, reckless, passionate, and is looking for purpose and a way to help her country. This is a novel that everyone will love, filled with passion, courage, circumstance, and human resilience. 

And for the first time EVER in Delicious Read book club history, our star rating was unanimous!