The story follows Meredith and Nina Whitson, two opposite sisters and not only in characters but also in the choices they made in their lives. What starts as a dysfunctional domestic situation between 2 sisters (American born) and their Russian-born mother ends up being so much more.

And along the way, there's this undercurrent to the story that pulls you in deeper and just keeps growing stronger. This book is about dysfunction between family members and finding hope when it seems as if all hope is lost. I've read the end wiping tears from my eyes, imagining myself in the place of these characters in such impossible circumstances, wondering if I could have lived through what they did. It felt like my heart was literally torn in two - between what could have been and what was - but ultimately it was still a happy place to be.As she goes about packing up her mother’s things, Nina coaxes Anya to tell her story, a story, which despite her resentments, Meredith eavesdrops on, suddenly finding herself enthralled by it. Aunque me ha gustado muchísimo esta historia, considero que El ruiseñor jamás podría ser superado, me queda claro que la autora sabe como contar una historia desgarradora, que te vacía por dentro y te deja sin nada, literalmente sin ganas de tomar otro libro, porque sientes que a éste no les has dado el suficiente tiempo de duelo. Cómo explicar que me he leído este libro en un día y terminé como si un tren pasara a toda marcha encima de mí. Other times I couldn’t bear to the book aside at all and had to keep reading but that was once I got further into the novel. The other reason I picked this book out of her many best sellers was the WWII subject (yea, no surprise here, if you know me a little bit).

The popular tv show stars Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke and Season Two is currently set to conclude the series on April 27, 2023. It begins with a story that is unlike anything the sisters have heard before—a captivating, mysterious love story that spans sixty-five years and moves from frozen, war torn Leningrad to modern-day Alaska. But when their beloved father falls ill, these two estranged women will find themselves together again, standing alongside their cold, disapproving mother, Anya, who even now, offers no comfort to her daughters. This tearjerker weaves a convincing historical novel and contemporary family drama with elements of romance. Sometimes I had to put it aside for a while because I couldn’t bear to read too much of the 1940s Leningrad stories at once.I even enjoyed the happy ending which I know I complained about but here it just felt like it flowed to that point naturally.

She refuses to accept a marriage proposal from someone who loves her and she loves because of her stunted emotional growth. So, what went wrong FOR ME was, that it wasn't like the blurb suggested- a story about two sisters learning their mother's story about what happened to her in Leningrad during the blockage, it was more of a story about a mother's mistakes and redemption, about the lives of two sisters, growing up with a mother who is disfunctional, and what it is doing to her family. Thus begins an unexpected journey into the truth of Anya's life in war-torn Leningrad, more than five decades ago.

When their father died, both women were left to developed a relationship with their mother, who was compelled by her husband's extraction of a deathbed promise to finally tell her story to her daughters. If I could, I would give the first half of this book 1 star, from about the middle until the final chapter 5 stars, and the final chapter 3 stars - - - so I guess that, all in all, the 3 star rating is probably the most accurate. It also shows you how strong women are and what are they willing to do and to sacrifice for their children and their loved ones. Imposible no sentir en la propia piel el frío de una Leningrado en guerra, el dolor de sus habitantes, el dolor de sus familias resquebrajadas y cómo es capaz de llevarlo cada personaje; una historia con tantas perdidas y sufrimiento, que solo te lleva a preguntarte: ¿Cómo pudieron sobreponerse?