Chelmsford Public Library

Historical Context of "The Nightingale", presented by Patrick Young

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Historical Context of "The Nightingale"

Recorded at the Chelmsford Public Library on Feb. 9, 2018

presented by Patrick Young

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Library hourFriday morning lecture series

This special Friday Lecture will consider the role of gender in determining French experiences and memories of World War II, as a way of providing context for Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale. It will, more specifically, address French women’s adaptations to conditions of foreign occupation, their involvement in Resistance activities, and their often-conflicted experiences of “Liberation” at the war’s end. The talk will include photographs, film clips and novel/memoir excerpts representing women’s complex experiences of, and reflections upon, their wartime lives

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