OCTOBER | w b c newsletter

Oct 8, 2016
4 min read

Hello Beauties!

I hope everyone had a magical summer fellow wanderlusts. Now bring it, rainy weather!

Summer's all about reading on the beach but when it comes to fall, it's all about getting comfy and cozy next to a burning fireplace. So let's pack up the beach blankets babes & cuddle up with that big comfy blanket you have stored in the closet. Sip on hot cocoa with extra marshmallows and dive into a great book! We think you'll love this page-turner we have in store for you this month!

I know it's been awhile since we've done our last book and I've missed reading along with you guys! It has been a very busy summer for me catching up. However, I recently became inspired by a very powerful, captivating story and it sparked the idea to get things started again just in time for fall weather. This book received amazing reviews with 5 stars, almost 30 thousand reviews on amazon! Wow, it truly is a MUST READ if you haven't yet! A compelling book about war, love, loss, survival & hope during WWII.

Ready to hear what book we're reading?

Drumroll please...

"The Nightingale"

by KRISTIN HANNAH

DISCUSSION DATES | OCTOBER 24

Book Description

FRANCE, 1939

In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says goodbye to her husband, Antoine, as he heads for the Front. She doesn’t believe that the Nazis will invade France…but invade they do, in droves of marching soldiers, in caravans of trucks and tanks, in planes that fill the skies and drop bombs upon the innocent. When a German captain requisitions Vianne’s home, she and her daughter must live with the enemy or lose everything. Without food or money or hope, as danger escalates all around them, she is forced to make one impossible choice after another to keep her family alive.

Vianne’s sister, Isabelle, is a rebellious eighteen-year-old girl, searching for purpose with all the reckless passion of youth. While thousands of Parisians march into the unknown terrors of war, she meets Gäetan, a partisan who believes the French can fight the Nazis from within France, and she falls in love as only the young can…completely. But when he betrays her, Isabelle joins the Resistance and never looks back, risking her life time and again to save others.

"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."

Behind the Book by Kristin Hannah

Sometimes a story sneaks up on you, hits you hard and dares you to look away. That was the case with The Nightingale. In truth, I did everything I could not to write this novel. But when research on World War II led me to the story of a young Belgian woman who had created an escape route out of Nazi-Occupied France, I was hooked. Her story—one of heroism and danger and unbridled courage—inspired me to imagine the women in that world. I simply couldn’t turn away. I had to keep digging, discovering, reading, and that story led me to others that were equally fascinating. Stories about women who had saved Jewish children and rescued downed airmen and put themselves in harm’s way to save others. Women who had paid terrible, unimaginable prices for their heroism.

Their stories were impossible to ignore. I found myself consumed with a single, haunting question, as relevant today as it was seventy years ago: When would I, as a wife and mother, risk my life—and more importantly, my child’s life– to save a stranger?

That question is at the very heart of The Nightingale. In love we find out who we want to be; in war we find out who we are. And sometimes, perhaps, we don’t want to know what we would do to survive.

In war, women’s stories are all too often forgotten or overlooked. Women tend to come home from the battlefield and say nothing and go on with their lives. The Nightingale is a novel about those women and the daring, dangerous choices they made to save their children and their way of life.

SIP + READ

Want to ditch the hot cocoa for something more with a kick?

Book lovers, you know that literature and liquor pair well together. So why not read your favorite novels while sipping crisp cider mimosas perfect for fall season. Plus, who doesn't love the bubbles & cider? I recently stumbled across a delicious simple recipe on Pinterest by Becky Hardin-The Cookie Rookie.

Apple Cider Mimosas, yessss, the perfect cocktail. Try it for yourself and lets toast to celebrate the beginning of the holiday season together!

Ingredients

Apple Cider + Champagne + Gold & Silver Sprinkles for rim of glass (optional)

+ Apple Slices for garnish

Instructions

Dip the top of each champagne glass into water then dip in the sprinkles to coat.

Pour each champagne glass 1/2-3/4 full with apple cider

Top with champagne

Enjoy! Drink & Read Responsibly!

I hope you'll be joining me in reading "The Nightingale". I'm so excited to curl up with my favorite fall sweater this weekend and begin reading this inspiring novel.

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