The Women by Kristan Hannah – When twenty-year-old nursing student, Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears the unexpected words that, “women can be heroes”, it comes as a revelation. Her sheltered, middle-class upbringing by conservative parents has taught her to always do the right thing and conduct herself ‘properly’ at all times. In 1965, however, the world is changing, and therefore, she begins to envisage a different route for her life.
When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she throws caution to the wind and decides to follow in his footsteps by joining the Army Nurses Corps.
As immature and unversed as those young men sent to Vietnam to fight, Frankie is soon overcome by the absolute chaos and devastation of war, as well as the unexpected trauma of coming home to a much-changed America.
During these traumatic times, Frankie will also experience and discover the genuine value of female friendship, and the immense heartbreak that love can cause.
This wonderfully moving and powerful novel sheds new light on a war that has virtually been ‘brushed under the carpet’ since. It was the result of an underhand and shameful meddling by the American government in a war that wasn’t theirs to claim.
It gives the reader a true insight into the lives of the many brave women, who were prepared to put their lives on the line, daily, to help others, whether it be in war or peacetime.
It reminds us that there are so many of them out there in the world today, mainly unrecognised and/or taken for granted.
This story is a tribute to them all!
The Women is an absolute must-read for the year!
ISBN: 9781035005680
The Women is available in hardback, paperback and e-book
About Kristin Hannah
Kristin Hannah is an award-winning international number-one bestselling author with over 25 million copies of her books sold worldwide. Her most recent titles, The Four Winds, The Nightingale and The Great Alone won numerous best fiction awards and her earlier novel, Firefly Lane, is currently a bestselling series on Netflix. Kristin is a lawyer-turned-writer and is the mother of one son. She and her husband live in the Pacific Northwest near Seattle.