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Originally Posted by spindlegirl
I just finished a book that I was surprised was so good! The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah.
I had read another book by the author (Firefly Lane) which was pretty meh, to me.
All of 2017 or whenever it was published, I kept reading glowing reports of people really loving the book. So one day it appeared on one of my email alerts for sales at $1.99 and I thought "what can it hurt?". Had it not been that low, I'd not have bought "blind".
My expectations were low, but I started reading it last week and finished it yesterday. I was so pleased. It was a happy surprise! Usually my "gambled upon" books are stinkers, and this was not only good, but so far my favorite read.
It is a fiction story about two sisters who struggle to survive in France during WWII when it was occupied by German soldiers. I can't say more due to being afraid of spoiling it. but it's an emotionally riveting read.
I'm now onto my next read, which is more light/fluffy The Twelve Days of Christmas by Debbie Macomber an overdrive loan and should be quick and fun to read.
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I read
The Nightingale a couple of years ago. I'd never read anything by Kristin Hannah, but I generally like WWII fiction featuring women protagonists, so I gave it a try and loved it.
You might like the novels
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly, and
Fire by Night by Teresa Messineo.
Also, Susan Ottaway's
A Cool and Lonely Courage is a nonfiction account of two sisters in WWII who are somewhat similar to the heroines of
The Nightingale. When I read it, I wondered if Hannah might have partly based her characters on these two women.