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March: "The Women" by Kristin Hannah< /p>\n

Long-listed\, Amazon.com Best Books of the Year\, 2024

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Long-listed\, Barnes and Noble Best New Books of the Year\, 2024

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"Kristin Hannah&rsquo\;s potent stor ytelling skills are brilliantly served by narrator Julia Whelan\, whose li mber\, low-pitched voice moves nimbly from person to person\, capturing pe rsonality and mood\, her empathy palpable."&mdash\;The Washington Post

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From the celebrated author of \;The Nightingale& nbsp\;and \;The Four Winds \;comes Kristin Hannah's \;The Wome n&mdash\;at once an intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided.

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Women can be h eroes. \;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 Southern California and sheltered by her conse rvative parents\, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965\, the world is changing\, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietn am\, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.

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As green and inexperienced as the men sent to Vietnam to fight\, Frankie is overwhelmed by the chaos and destruction of war. Each day is a gamble o f life and death\, hope and betrayal\; friendships run deep and can be sha ttered in an instant. In war\, she meets&mdash\;and becomes one of&mdash\; the lucky\, the brave\, the broken\, and the lost.

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But wa r is just the beginning for Frankie and her veteran friends. The real batt le lies in coming home to a changed and divided America\, to angry protest ers\, and to a country that wants to forget Vietnam.

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The Women \;is the story of one woman gone to war\, but it shines a light on all women who put themselves in harm&rsquo\;s way and whose sacrifice a nd commitment to their country has too often been forgotten. A novel about deep friendships and bold patriotism\, \;The Women \;is a richly drawn story with a memorable heroine whose idealism and courage under fire will come to define an era.

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