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Anna asked this question about The Nightingale:
This has been bugging me since I read the book (and sorry if it's already been asked): The family's last name is Rossignol. That's French for "Nightingale" -- doesn't that make "Nightingale" the worst code name in history? Am I missing something? Example: when the dad tries to save Isabelle by shouting, "I am the Nightingale!" He's literally saying, "Je suis la Rossignol!" He's shouting his own last name.
Jessica I didn't think about this. That is hilarious.

I did pick up on the conversation on her name though.

“Gaëtan Dubois. My friends call me Gaët.” “Isabell…moreI didn't think about this. That is hilarious.

I did pick up on the conversation on her name though.

“Gaëtan Dubois. My friends call me Gaët.” “Isabelle Rossignol.” “Ah, a nightingale.” She shrugged. It was hardly a new observation. Her surname meant “nightingale.”

In French wouldn’t this conversation go “Isabelle Rossignol” “ah, a rossingnol”(less)
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The Nightingale
by Kristin Hannah (Goodreads Author)
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