Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances &ldquo\;Frankie&rdquo\; McGrath hears these words\ , it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched\, idyllic world of Southe rn California and sheltered by her conservative parents\, she has always p rided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965\, the world is changin g\, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam\, she joins the Army Nurse Corp s and follows his path. \;
\nAs green and inexperienced as the m en sent to Vietnam to fight\, Frankie is overwhelmed by the chaos and dest ruction of war. Each day is a gamble of life and death\, hope and betrayal \; friendships run deep and can be shattered in an instant. In war\, she m eets&mdash\;and becomes one of&mdash\;the lucky\, the brave\, the broken\, and the lost. But war is just the beginning for Frankie and her veteran f riends. The real battle lies in coming home to a changed and divided Ameri ca\, to angry protesters and to a country that wants to forget Vietnam.&nb sp\;
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