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The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

With The Nightingale, Hannah departs from the contemporary novels she's known for with this engrossing tale of two sisters' bravery in occupied France during WWII. Viann and Isabelle Rossignol took very different paths after their mother's death devastated their family and war turned their father into a distant and withdrawn parent. Older sister Viann sought comfort in the arms of a schoolmate, getting pregnant and marrying at just 16. Rebellious Isabelle gets herself kicked out of multiple boarding schools. Then the Germans conquer France, and the sisters' lives change drastically. When her husband is captured and detained as a prisoner of war in Germany, Viann is forced to take in a German captain. Soon she finds herself relying on him to ensure there is food on the table for her daughter. Isabelle joins the Resistance, boldly leading fallen airmen fighting for the liberation of France over the mountains to Spain to safety. Hannah's latest is a page-turner that will no doubt have readers reaching for tissues. This moving, emotional tribute to the brave women who fought behind enemy lines during the war is bound to gain the already immensely popular Hannah an even wider audience. (Booklist Starred Review)

Just released...Home Front & The Fear Index

Check out one of these brand-new books!

• Home Front by Kristin Hannah - Struggling with a marital estrangement that is further complicated when one of them is deployed, military couple Michael and Joleen Zarkades are forced to confront their problems while protecting the security of their family.  Like reading about military families?  Also try the short story collection You Know When the Men Are Gone.
• The Fear Index by Robert Harris - A genius hedge-fund manager finds his life unraveling after he is targeted by people who would love to get their hands on his secret computer algorithms that accurately predict the financial markets.  If you like this book, you might also enjoy Kapitoil, a thriller about a mathematician who creates a computer program to predict oil futures.

New Releases: Week of March 21

Here's a selection of new books by major publishers being released this week:

• The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party by Alexander McCall Smith is the newest No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency novel.
• All the Time in the World: New and Selected Stories by E.L. Doctorow is a collection of short fiction.
• Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson is the fourth investigation with PI Jackson Brodie.
• Night Road by Kristin Hannah follows an orphan who meets new friends while living with her great-aunt near Seattle.
• Breaking the Rules by Suzanne Brockmann is the 16th Troubleshooters novel.

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