‘The Great Alone’ by Kristin Hannah

Survival Story Kristin Hannah is becoming my favourite author. 'The Great Alone' was her third novel that left me in tears. Her storytelling is mesmerising, and once I started reading it, I couldn't put it down. "It's like his back is broken, Mama had said, and you don't stop loving a person when they're hurt....

‘The Four Winds’ by Kristin Hannah

"It wasn't the fear that mattered in life. It was the choices made when you were afraid. You were brave because of your fear, not in spite of it". Survival Story So far, I have only read one book by Hannah - 'The Nightingale' which was an incredible and emotional story about two sisters that...

‘The Nightingale’ by Kristin Hannah

“In love we find out who we want to be, in war we find out who we are” Occupied France How true indeed. The Nightingale is a beautifully written story about  France occupied by the Nazis during  World War II. It does not however describe the battles that took place during this devastating time and...