The women
Record details
- ISBN: 1250371511
- ISBN: 9781250371515
- Physical Description: 1 audio media player (15 hrs.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
- Publisher: Solon, Ohio : Playaway Products, LLC, [2024]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Release date supplied by publisher. Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player. One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening. Previously released by Macmillan Audio. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Julia Whelan, Kristin Hannah. |
Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Sound files. |
Summary, etc.: | "Women can be heroes, too." When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances "Frankie" McGrath hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing, being a good girl. But in 1965 the world is changing, and she suddenly imagines a different choice for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path. As green and inexperienced as the men sent to Vietnam to fight, Frankie is overwhelmed by the chaos and destruction of war, as well as the unexpected trauma of coming home to a changed and politically divided America. The Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on the story of all women who put themselves in harm's way to help others. Women whose sacrifice and commitment to their country has all too often been forgotten. A novel of searing insight and lyric beauty, The Women is a profoundly emotional, richly drawn story with a memorable heroine whose extraordinary idealism and courage under fire define a generation. |
Target Audience Note: | Adult. |
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Subject: | Nurses Fiction Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Fiction Women in war Fiction Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Women Fiction |
Genre: | War fiction. Novels. Audiobooks. |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at Bibliomation.
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- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Plumb Memorial Library - Shelton | P/A FIC HANNAH (Text) | 34025156448398 | Digital Audio Book | Available | - |
Ridgefield Library | F HANNAH (Text) | 34010157719583 | Adult Fiction Playaway | Available | - |