The Women: Powerful and heartbreaking, the eagerly awaited novel everyone is talking about for 2024

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Soon to be a major motion picture! 'Astonishing. Compelling. Powerful' - Delia Owens, bestselling author of Where the Crawdads Sing. 'Stuns with sacrifice. Uplifts with heroism' - Bonnie Garmus, bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry. From the worldwide bestselling author of The Four Winds, The Nightingale, and Firefly Lane, this story explores devastating loss and epic love. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances "Frankie" McGrath hears the words 'Women can be heroes, too,' it sparks a revelation. Raised on California's Coronado Island by conservative parents, she has always strived to be a good girl. However, in 1965, as the world changes, she envisions a different path. Following her brother's deployment to Vietnam, she impulsively joins the Army Nurses Corps. Green and inexperienced, Frankie is overwhelmed by the chaos of war and the trauma of returning to a transformed America. Throughout her journey, she discovers the profound value of female friendship and the heartbreak love can bring. Praise for Kristin Hannah includes 'Powerful and compelling' - Christy Lefteri, bestselling author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo, and 'A rich, compelling novel of love, sacrifice, and survival' - Kate Morton.