Book Review of The Nightingale on a Post-it The Nightingale deserves all the hype and awards it’s gotten. it makes it sound as if I misplaced my loved ones ” “Lately, though, I find myself thinking about the war and my past, about the people I lost. I highlighted so many good quotes that I can’t share them all. I’m a geek for any reference to art or culture, so when I saw a reference to “drab-eyed, dark-clothed people who looked like they belonged in an Edvard Munch painting.” (pg 239) I had to look it up. I love pictures and the author has some beautiful pictures of places that inspired the locations in her book. Andree de Jongh and her corresponding character in the book were themselves inspired by a real nurse named Edith Cavell who served during World War I. Don’t go read her biography before reading this book unless you want to be spoiled. But don’t worry I’ve googled it all for you :) The Nightingale is inspired by a real person, Andree de Jongh. Since this is an historical-fiction story, I felt like there should have been an afterword talking about what was historical and what wasn’t. Even as a woman, I’m guilty of doing that sometimes. What a beautiful reminder not to overlook women and their strength. “And it’s a fact that women are useless in war. Their story showed me that this statement is not true: One stays home and takes care of her kids and one helps in the war effort. Vianne and Isabelle are two sisters that we follow through World War II. The author says on her website that “In war, women’s stories are all too often forgotten or overlooked.” I had never thought about how true that really was until I read this book. This story is about what it’s like to be a woman during war.
“If I have learned anything in this long life of mine, it is this: In love we find out who we want to be in war we find out who we are.” The Nightingale opens with this amazing first line: With life changing in unbelievably horrific ways, Vianne and Isabelle will find themselves facing frightening situations and responding in ways they never thought possible as bravery and resistance take different forms in each of their actions. But when the Second World War strikes, Antoine is sent off to fight and Vianne finds herself isolated so Isabelle is sent by their father to help her.Īs the war progresses, the sisters' relationship and strength are tested. Younger, bolder Isabelle lives in Paris while Vianne is content with life in the French countryside with her husband Antoine and their daughter.
Despite their differences, sisters Vianne and Isabelle have always been close.
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