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There much better novels about Vietnam. Hannah‘s latest is hampered by a surprising lack of insight, and too much focus on romantic entanglements. The primary strength of the novel is its focus on women who served during that soul-sucking war. It is completely believable that their heroic service is dismissed by everyone, including the VA with the words “there were no women in Vietnam.” Hannah was written some good novels; this isn‘t one of them.

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Giveaway Facebook group Reading is My Passion. For details go to: http://facebook.com/groups/ReadingisMyPassion

The giveaway is a Once Upon a Book Club box containing THE WOMEN by Kristin Hannah and four gifts to open at designated pages. US ADDRESSES ONLY. And PLEASE share. Open July 20-30.

This is my 2nd book by Hannah. I thoroughly enjoy her writing, I find it vividly detailed. It allows me to really see what's written. In this book, she tells the story of Frances “Frankie" McGrath, a young nurse who served in the Army Nurse Corps during Vietnam. I enjoyed that she covered the harsh realities of war, how women were treated, but found it all very empowering & with an even greater appreciation for the women who served in Vietnam.

This was excellent. I loved Julia Whelan‘s narration and the strong bond between Frankie and her best friends. Going in, I didn‘t have much knowledge of what happened during the Vietnam War so it was very interesting to read about how women were treated after serving their country. I have to say, Kristin Hannah is now on my favorite author list.

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My third Kristin Hannah novel. This one explores America during the Vietnam War and follows a very young nurse who enlists to go over and treat injured soldiers. This isn‘t an area of history I know a lot about at all, and I think the author did a good job in balancing the sacrifice of those who served with the backlash and atrocities committed.

I loved this, cover to cover. Although I think the first half is the best, featuring Frankie‘s time in Vietnam and her experiences there as a combat nurse. The second half dealt with her return home and the years after. I know it‘s fiction but it‘s also based on fact. And I had no idea about most of what happened in this book. I‘m astounded.

Lots of emotion in here. Not as much as Hannah‘s previous books, but man oh man, this was a good one.

I could not put this book down and cried so much at the end. Such a powerful and important story to tell. This book is definitely in my top 10 books I have ever read!!

This book is perfect for readers who have an interest in historical fiction and will be particularly appreciated for those interested in hearing a fuller story of women during the Vietnam War. Kristin Hannah has written a truly meaningful tribute to these silent heroes, and this story will touch its readers in lasting ways....
Full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6535693009

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Full confession: this is my first Kristen Hannah book, but it won‘t be my last. I am absolutely here for learning the untold stories of heroic women in a man‘s supposed world (war, specifically Vietnam War). I thought the romantic tangents were a little much, but I appreciated how they helped bring Frankie to her rock bottom and allow her to rebuild and heal.

I was in Vietnam in December. I did the Cu Chi tunnels, learnt about the war and the unification of Viet & Nam. I'll admit the first 100 pages of this book annoyed me, theres a lot of pro American savior BS going on here.

I should have more faith in this author by now.

"A silence fell between them, in it lay the ugly truth that none of them wanted to face. The village was in South Vietnam. And only the Americans had bombs".

An intense read.

Unbelievably fantastic. My two fav books of all time are by this author and now my top 3 fav books. This story is told with so much emotion. I rarely tear up at books but I did several times during this one. Not enough words to describe this story. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Amazing!! Kristin Hannah never disappoints. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Loved every minute of this book, sad it‘s over

Up late last night as I came to the end of this. I loved this book! I did find that there were some things that bothered me but not enough to stop me from enjoying it.

This book was incredible. Kristin Hannah did an amazing job of telling the stories of the combat nurses who served in Vietnam - a group of veterans who, even today, remain largely forgotten and unacknowledged. Spanning two decades, from the early 1960s to the building of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in the early 1980s, this book immerses the reader in the lives of the nurses in vivid detail. ⬇️

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1.😄😄😄😄 I put some stacks on dresser saying I will read these first.Actually haven‘t touched them. Other than buddy reads , such a mood reader!
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I hope this gets made into a movie. A story like never before.

Women went to Vietnam, too. They may not have been handed guns and told to fight, but they battled the carnage and destruction and violence as nurses. The incredible Kristin Hannah tells the story of such women in this instant classic. Highly recommend.

This was great, as KH‘s books tend to be! I agree that the first half was engaging and fast paced, and the second half faltered a bit, with Frankie‘s constant (understandable) breakdowns. But still, a great read! (26)
⭐️: 4/5

She always writes a good tale, her historical perspective is varied and I learn a great deal of American history through her novels.
This Vietnam story has taught me about women nurses, trauma and the American angle on Vietnam and its tragedies.

This is one of my favorites in a while! You love Frankie even when she drives you crazy, you‘re pulling for her the whole time. The friendship she has with Barb and Ethel is one for the books (pun intended)!

Could not put this book down! The first half was the best half but the entire book was still amazing!!

Good book, I loved the first half more than the second but still a great pick. Learned a lot and cried. #BOTM

I really liked the first part of this book about an inexperienced nurse who decides to enlist and serve in Vietnam. The second half fell into what I have found to be a common issue I have with Kristin Hannah where she takes things, often her romantic subplots, too far, verging on melodrama. This could have been an impactful read but I found myself taken out of the story repeatedly by something that made me roll my eyes.

I enjoy these monthly author chats on Facebook - see, FB is good for something 🤣. Next month is Go as a River.

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First some skin care and then hopping into bed to finish up The Women for book club tomorrow. So much to discuss and a great story, but I could do without the romantic elements.

The strength of this book is the showcasing the horrors and camaraderie of the nurses in Vietnam. It‘s a page turner and quite a lot of ground that‘s covered. My complaint is that Hannah covered a few plot twists that were slightly forced (romantic drama). Overall, engaging great summer read!

I went into this blind. All I knew was that a lot of people have read this and a lot of people were recommending it. I naively assumed from the title, that this was a generational story about women. Nope. This was a intense, heavy, scary at times, sad story about a woman who was a nurse in the Vietnam War. Her experience there and her experience afterwards trying to survive after arriving home. I'm so glad I read this. Such an important story.⭐⭐⭐⭐

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This is the second Hannah book I‘ve read, and I really enjoyed it! I know very little about the Vietnam War - which just proves one of the points Hannah explores here: the silence surrounding Vietnam and what the men & women experienced there and coming home.
At one point I was listening to the audiobook as I drove and a car with Vietnam Vet stickers pulled in front of me. That was a powerful moment.

“The walled and gated McGrath estate was a world unto itself, protected and private.”

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Another excellent story by Hannah. Frankie's brother goes to Vietnam and his friend says "women can be heroes too". This Frankie's decides to enlist, but only the army will accept her. Her time in the medical Corp is Vietnam is eye opening, how medics worked under the most horrific conditions. I don't know if how she brings the book to a close is what I expected and liked. But Frankie's growth as a woman between the 50s ideas of womanhood⬇️

I have mixed feelings. The good: this book taught me a lot about the Vietnam conflict (my father was stationed there for a time but I can count on one hand the number of times he's been willing to say ANYTHING about it); the descriptions of the beauty, heat, and smells of the country as well as the fear, blood, devastation, exhaustion, despair- and occasional hope and satisfaction- of the field hospitals were vivid; the friendships and the ⬇️

I swore her off after the last one, but someone picked this for our book club! I‘ve heard it‘s good!

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This is intense

Awesome book!! Read in 6 days!! Enlightening for sure. Fictional history…. Insane all of our men women we lost in Vietnam…. I did not realize lasted an overwhelming 19 YEARS!! 🙏🇺🇸 4/26/2024

Okay I loved 95% of this book. It taught me a lot about the war that I didn't know (granted I didn't know much), but there were parts that were so manufactured that it kind of ruined the point of the story. Idk, I guess it would have been better without the romance elements, but that's what you get with a Kristin Hannah book, lol!

⭐️⭐️⭐️ “The world changes for men, Francis. For women, it stays pretty much the same.” Grandma dropping knowledge. Army Nurse 2LT Frankie and her boys (patients) demanded my attention. These portions were gut-wrenching and genuine. Remembrance matters. Liked the friendships, too. The rest of the devastation and heartache were too much, too predictable. Conclusion: Romantic/romanticized war stories are super corny. Kristin Hannah is not for me.

A realistic story highlighting the experience of a young nurse during the Vietnam War and her long journey of healing after coming home.

Believe it or not, this was the first book I‘ve read by Kristin Hannah. I really enjoyed it even though a lot of traumatic things happened. I think she did a great job using one character‘s story to draw attention to the real life experience of women who served as nurses during the Vietnam War and especially how they were treated when they returned. I hope to read more nonfiction on this topic.

When the inside cover art looks like this you know it‘s going to be good. I‘m a huge Kristin Hannah fan and am so excited to get stuck into this one.

This is a soft pick for me. While I loved the first half of the book I found the back half, or maybe a little more, kind of dragged and was just filled with one drama after the other. I wish we had spent more time concentrating on the various women‘s experiences in Vietnam and less time with our main character‘s love life. But I do love Kristin Hannah‘s writing and the very end did redeem itself somewhat for me. 🌟🌟🌟💫

A read dedicated to telling the story of the often forgotten female nurses that served in Vietnam. 21 year old Frankie is determined to serve the US as a nurse during the Vietnam War. What follows is a decade of growth, loss, grief, and crawling back from falling to rock bottom. The storyline had me smiling and cheering to raging and overwhelmed especially reading about the treatment of Vietnam veterans both men and women when they returned home.

Ok things are happening that I would like to be happening at the end of the book… WHY IS THERE SO MUCH BOOK LEFT😱😭

@staci.reads has already reviewed this book 📖 perfectly . I enjoyed it but didn‘t love it , I felt it lacked real depth & I didn‘t really engage or feel to deeply about the characters. Instead the plot just skipped from one tragic breakdown to another . It almost felt like you never really got to know any of the characters. Shame as it‘s such a worth while topic to write about and bring attention to

This historical fiction discusses a very real time in history, where history was swept under the rug. After Vietnam, we turned around and thanked the men who fought. Those Vets were not treated well. This included the women nurses who were there and left to their own PTSD, forgotten. My heart broke multiple times. Liked how it encompassed Frankie going into, staying, then coming out of her Army service. Felt rushed, one tragic romance to another.