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The Women: A Novel
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From the celebrated author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds comes Kristin Hannah's The Women--at once an intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided.Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances "Frankie" McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative 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 Vietnam, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path. As green and inexperienced as the men sent to Vietnam to fight, Frankie is over-whelmed by the chaos and destruction 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 meets--and becomes one of--the lucky, the brave, the broken, and the lost. But war is just the beginning for Frankie and her veteran friends. The real battle lies in coming home to a changed and divided America, to angry protesters, and to a country that wants to forget Vietnam. The Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on all women who put themselves in harm's way and whose sacrifice and 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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Great read. Finished it in 4 days. I enjoyed the first half more than the second half. An emotional roller-coaster that kept calling me back to it to learn how the story finishes
If I could give this a higher rating it would be off the charts! This book made me ugly cry a few times and I still think about Frankie months after reading this. Kristen Hannah writes beautiful and emotionally heavy stories and has become one of my favorite authors.
What I liked: I learned about a little known piece of history, the struggles of military women who served in Vietnam, both during deployment and upon returning home. What I disliked: The romances were cliche, with not one but two instances where soldiers Frankie loved were declared dead, but turn out to have survived and returned from the war. I expected her deceased brother to appear on the last page too.
M*A*S*H meets China Beach meets From Here to Eternity meets Dr. Zhivago. Entirely predictable from beginning to end.
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