"From the celebrated author of&nbs p\;The Nightingale \;and \;The Four Winds \;comes Kristin Hann ah's \;The Women―at once an intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided.
\nWomen can be heroes. \;When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances & ldquo\;Frankie&rdquo\; McGrath hears these words\, it is a revelation. Rai sed in the sun-drenched\, idyllic world of Southern California and shelter ed by her conservative parents\, she has always prided herself on doing th e right thing. But in 1965\, the world is changing\, and she suddenly dare s to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam\, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.\n
As green and inexperienced as the men sent to Vietnam to fight\, Fr ankie is over-whelmed by the chaos and destruction of war. Each day is a g amble of life and death\, hope and betrayal\; friendships run deep and can be shattered in an instant. In war\, she meets―and becomes one of ―the lucky\, the brave\, the broken\, and the lost.
\nBut war is just the beginning for Frankie and her veteran friends. The real battl e lies in coming home to a changed and divided America\, to angry proteste rs\, and to a country that wants to forget Vietnam.
\nThe Women \;is the story of one woman gone to war\, but it shines a light on all wom en who put themselves in harm&rsquo\;s way and whose sacrifice and commitm ent to their country has too often been forgotten. A novel about deep frie ndships and bold patriotism\, \;The Women \;is a richly drawn stor y with a memorable heroine whose idealism and courage under fire will come to define an era."
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