From Kristin Hannah, bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds, comes The Women – an intimate portrait of adulthood in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a divided state, without further delay.
Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it’s an epiphany. Growing up within the sunny, privileged world of Southern California and sheltered by means of her conservative mother and father, she has usually prided herself on doing the proper aspect. But in 1965, the sector is changing extensively, and she unexpectedly dares to assume a extraordinary future for herself. His brother ships out and goes to serve in Vietnam, his brother joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows the route of the Army Nurse Corps
Being green and ignorant like the men sent to fight in Vietnam, Frankie is overwhelmed by the chaos and destruction of war. Every day is a gamble of life and death, hope and betrayal; Friendship is deep and can break in an instant. In the war, she meets the lucky, the brave, the broken and the defeated and becomes one of them.
But for Frankie and his experienced friends, the war is just beginning. The real battle lies in the homecoming of a changed and divided America, angry protesters, and a country that wants to forget Vietnam.
The Women is the story of one woman who went to war, but it also sheds light on all the women who put themselves in harm’s way and whose sacrifice and commitment to their country is often forgotten. A novel about deep friendship and bold patriotism, The Women is a rich story with a memorable heroine whose idealism and courage under fire would define an era.
Original title: The women
Setting: Vietnam, Southeast Asia
This Edition
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Published: February 6, 2024 by St. Martin’s Press
ISBN: 9781250178633 (ISBN10: 1250178630)
Language: English
