"The \;Women" is that rarest of no vels at once an intimate portrait of a woman coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided by war and broken by politics\, of a generation both fueled by dreams and lost on the battlefield. "Women& nbsp\;can be heroes\, too."
\nWhen twenty-year-old nursing student Frances "Frankie" McGrath hears these unexpected words\, it is a r evelation. Raised on idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her conserva tive parents\, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing\, be ing a good girl. But in 1965 the world is changing\, and she suddenly imag ines a different choice for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam\, she impulsively joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his pa th. As green and inexperienced as the men sent to Vietnam to fight\, Frank ie is overwhelmed by the chaos and destruction of war\, as well as the une xpected trauma of coming home to a changed and politically divided America .
\n"The \;Women" is the story of one woman gone to war \, but it shines a light on the story of all \;women \;who put the mselves in harm's way to help others. \;Women \;whose sacrifice an d commitment to their country has all too often been forgotten. A novel of searing insight and lyric beauty\, "The \;Women" is a profoundly emot ional\, richly drawn story with a memorable heroine whose extraordinary id ealism and courage under fire define a generation.
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