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    The Women: A Novel
    The Women: A Novel
    The Women: A Novel
    Audiobook14 hours

    The Women: A Novel

    Written by Kristin Hannah

    Narrated by Kristin Hannah and Julia Whelan

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    About this audiobook

    "Kristin Hannah’s potent storytelling skills are brilliantly served by narrator Julia Whelan, whose limber, low-pitched voice moves nimbly from person to person, capturing personality and mood, her empathy palpable." —The Washington Post

    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 overwhelmed 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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateFeb 6, 2024
    ISBN9781250317957
    The Women: A Novel
    Author

    Kristin Hannah

    Kristin Hannah is an award-winning international number one bestselling author with over 25 million copies of her books sold worldwide. Her most recent titles, The Four Winds, The Nightingale and The Great Alone won numerous best fiction awards and her earlier novel, Firefly Lane, is currently a bestselling series on Netflix. Kristin is a lawyer-turned-writer and is the mother of one son. She and her husband live in the Pacific Northwest near Seattle.

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    • 5/5
      There are no words to express how much this book affected me. I would say one of the best books I have ever read, and this one will stick with me forever.
    • 5/5
      Absolute best book I read in 2024. Perhaps my favorite KH book. Definitely gave me a glance of the world my father-in-law and many of my friends fathers live through in Vietnam.
    • 5/5
      This was honestly one of my most favorite books from Kristin Hannah. It was refreshing reading something that was so obviously researched very well and the characters and their development were spot on. I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading Historical Fiction.
    • 5/5
      Kristen Hannah is so amazing at what she does. I love how she can bring history ALIVE!!! This book tugged at my heart strings, as most of her books do. These characters become REAL through KH’s amazing gift. Love it! Highly recommend!
    • 1/5
      Skips from chapter 7 to chapter 40 then abruptly ends.

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    • 5/5
      This is one of the most heartbreaking and beautiful stories I've ever read