Ted Bun reviews The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

Set in France during the second World War, this book follows the lives of two sisters as they struggle to survive under the brutal Nazi regime that followed the fall of France in 1940.
 
The murderous attacks on the refugees escaping the fall of Paris. The treatment of the Jews and Communists and their transport to the concentration camps. The appalling hardship of the women left behind. The lack of food and energy for cooking and heating.
 
One sister struggling with a family to protect; the other, the black sheep, trying to fight back. In the background, the father who was destroyed by the 1914-18 conflict and was unable to care for his girls. The young communist criminal prepared to kill any and all who try to stop him.
 
An ending worthy of being called an ending making the difference. The full Five Stars!

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