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“The Nightingale” by Kristin Hannah Is A Novel That Will Make You An Anti-War
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“In love we find out who we want to be; in war we find out who we are” ― Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale
We don’t understand how much we are capable of unless we put ourselves to a test. Indeed, this means accepting others the way they express their passions and values. Sometimes, being rebellious doesn’t mean straying away from the norms; it is rather sticking to your core values when the world caves in to the userpers.
The Nightingale is the story we all need to read, not because merely it is written excellently but because it captures the dark realities of life and the devastating effects of war on humanity, and that it is not merely the men in the war that are fighting, but a war is being fought by all in their own little or big corners of life.
“Perhaps that’s why I find myself looking backward. The past has a clarity I can no longer see in the present.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale
The Nightingale shares the journey of two sisters – Vianne, the protective, the submissive woman who makes every difficult choice to survive, and Isabelle, a rebellious, impulsive person who later joins the resistance against Nazi occupation. One sister actively…
