The Women: A Novel

The Women by Kristin Hannah – author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds – is a moving story about youth, war, and the courage of forgotten women.

Frances “Frankie” McGrath, a 20-year-old nursing student raised in a conservative California family, has her life changed when she hears the words: “Women can be heroes.” When her brother is sent to Vietnam, she joins the Army Nurse Corps, stepping into a brutal world of blood, loss, and deep camaraderie.

Amid the chaos of war, Frankie witnesses its cruelty and learns to stand strong beside the soldiers she serves with. Yet the true battle begins when she returns to a divided America, where veterans are rejected and women’s sacrifices are ignored.

The Women is not only the story of one woman who went to war, but also a tribute to all the unsung heroines who risked their lives for their country and for what they believed was right.