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The Women is a story of devastating loss and epic love. It is both an intimate portrait of a woman coming of age in a dangerous time and a story of a nation divided by war.

‘Women can be heroes, too’.

Kristin Hannah does it again. Does what again? Transports you through time. To a time, many are trying still to forget. To a time stained with blood.

The Women will take you back to 1965 when Frankie McGrath signs up as an Army Nurse, following her brother to the Vietnam war. What follows is love, lust, loss, and so much hope.

The Women is a story of one woman’s journey but encapsulates the plight of all women who volunteered to put soldiers back together or be the last soothing voice a young man heard before he breathed his last breath.

Hannah provides her readers an emotional story reminding us that women did exist in the war, were traumatised by it, and like many veterans, struggled to find their place in society once the war ended.

We guiltlessly recommend The Women by Kristin Hannah if you need a heroine in your life to propel you to keep moving forward, with courage, in a world that doesn’t always see you for the strong, intelligent, capable woman that you are.

If you love historical fiction than this is a must read. And if you have never tried this genre, The Women is a perfect place for you to start.

T x

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