![]() ![]() ![]() Don’t remember what it was like last time when the men limped home, faces burned, missing arms and legs…” It struck me in that sentence that we’ve never seen war like many did in that generations where there was a draft and the majority of men between a certain age left… and many came home very different than they left or not at all. (page 23) Vianne and Sophie brought Antoine to the train and the town where he was to report for duty and Vianne said: ” Don’t think about it. I found a lot of what I noticed in the beginning of the book really forshadowed what would follow in the meat of the book: There are definitely spoiler alerts in here and you definitely do not want this story spoiled if you haven’t read it so don’t keep reading until you’ve finished the entire book. I figured the best way to go through the book with you in my review wasn’t to answer the book club questions in the back but to talk about the things that made me really think or feel throughout the pages. While I read this book I folded down page after page of things I wanted to jog my memory with. ![]() But this book reminded me that a book doesn’t have to be fluffy for me to lose myself in it. At this point in my life when my reading time is definitely less than it used to be I generally go to my favorite authors Elin Hildebrand and Mary Kay Andrews… or people like them, because I just want something fluffy to completely relax with. I was slightly skeptical because I’d never heard of Kristin Hannah or the book (how is that possible with about 38,000 five star reviews on Amazon?). One of my girlfriends gave me The Nightingale and told me it was one of the best books she’s ever read. This whole time, for some crazy reason, I’d been thinking I was reviewing the book today and starting the Facebook discussion tonight. You can imagine my embarrassment when I stood you up on the first book group date… last Thursday. A book review on Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale… long story short: it was one of the best books I’ve ever read and a MUST read. ![]()
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