A Woman of the French Resistance

The unrelenting suffering depicted in this story at times seemed melodramatic, which made it more bearable for me. The Nightingale is a young rebellious French girl who joins the Resistance and helps soldiers escape across the mountains to Spain. Her older sister stays at home with her daughter and has to cope with the German occupation and a husband who becomes a POW. As a confirmed non-fan of war fiction, I really enjoyed this novel mostly because the characters are so deeply and sympathetically written that the suffering and devastation become secondary to their private journeys.