Book Lovers Book Club
Mon, Jul 01
|Birch Tree Bookstore
Join us for a discussion of The Women by Kristin Hannah with your host, Courtney.
Time & Location
Jul 01, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Birch Tree Bookstore, 11 W Market St, Leesburg, VA 20176, USA
About the event
A #1 bestseller on The New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times!
From the celebrated author of and comes Kristin Hannah's --at once an intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances "Frankie" McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.The Nightingale The Four WindsThe WomenWomen can be heroes.
As green and inexperienced as the men sent to Vietnam to fight, Frankie is over-whelmed by the chaos and destruction…