Read by Julia Whelan, including an Author's Note read by Kristin, revealing her inspiration for telling the women's heroic stories, which had been either forgotten or entirely overlooked.
From the worldwide bestselling author of The Four Winds, The Nightingale and Firefly Lane (a Number One series on Netflix), The Women is a story of devastating loss and epic love.
'Astonishing. Compelling. Powerful' – Delia Owens, bestselling author of Where the Crawdads Sing
'Stuns with sacrifice. Uplifts with heroism' – Bonnie Garmus, bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry
‘Powerful’ – Matt Haig, bestselling author of The Midnight Library
An instant Sunday Times bestseller and soon to be a major motion picture!
‘Women can be heroes, too’. When twenty-year-old nursing student, Frances “Frankie” McGrath, hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on California’s 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 path for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively joins the Army Nurses Corps and follows his path.
As green and inexperienced as the young 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 America. Frankie will also discover the true value of female friendship and the heartbreak that love can cause.
Listeners love The Women:
'The sure touch of Golden Voice narrator Julia Whelan transforms Kristin Hannah's absorbing novel about Vietnam War combat nurses into an addictive listen' - AudioFile
'It honours ALL women: those who have fought for their rights and freedoms, those who have been overlooked and underappreciated, those who have been forgotten by families and society'
'I’ve been looking forward to this book’s release for months'
'Kristin Hannah has done it again'
The Women was a Sunday Times bestseller from 17.2.24-13.4.24
Mai
17-6-2025
I just loved the nightingale, so I was excited for this one. I just didn’t connect to the characters, I didn’t feel any empathy or love for any of them. It’s good to keep the attention on this still open US wound, but for me, I would recommend home before morning instead of this one. Spoiler: The last scenes at the Vietnam memorial did make me cry, but I knew beforehand that either Finley or Jamie would turn up alive. I would have loved for Frankie and Jamie to have had more pages together, maybe in an epilogue?
Anoniem
13-4-2025
Wow
sylvia
30-8-2024
Wat een waanzinnig goed boe
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