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The Women by Kristin Hannah
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An insightful meditation on courage, character, and women gone to war, Kristin Hannah’s novel introduces idealistic Army nurse Frances “Frankie” McGrath as she volunteers in Vietnam, circa 1965. Incredibly, her life gets even more complicated when she returns to a dangerously divided America. Hannah has two GCA awards on her shelf already, for 2015’s The Nightingale and 2018’s The Great Alone.

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