I must say that Kristin Hannah is probably one of my favorite authors. Her latest boo, The Women did not disappoint.
The story takes place in the late 1960s and tells the story of Frankie, who volunteers to serve in Vietnam as an Army nurse.
I was just a young girl during this period, and although I knew our country was at war, it didn’t affect me personally. It was around this time that my father retired from the Army and we moved to Texas and took on civilian life.
Frankie enters the war as a naive young woman, and this coming-of-age story is full of heartbreak and love.
Hannah is a master storyteller, and she weaves just enough history to make this novel a textbook on the war itself.
Throughout the story as Frankie desperately searches for help, she is repeatedly told, “There were no women in Vietnam.” This is a story that had to be told.
Just like WWII in The Nightingale, after reading this latest book you will come away with a greater understanding of this contentious time in America’s history.
I highly recommend this book.
