Loved itI had read The Women and The Nightingale and I cried reading those.
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The Women (2024)
Others: Leaning positive 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.
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- 476 pages
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Loved itI also have The Woman by Kristin Hannah, another amazing one.
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Not a fanI have been attempting to read the women and I like it just as much read nothing as I thought I would I just don't think I Vibe with this author's writing style. I listened to the Audi book a couple chapters a couple days ago and then I tried it again and I'm just not interested in it.