The Women

by Kristin Hannah

Julia Whelan (Narrator)

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

• ISBN10: 1035005719
• ISBN13: 9781035005710
• Publish Date: 15 February 2024
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Mantle
• Format: Audiobook (WAV)
• Duration: 14 hours and 56 minutes
• Language: English

Reviews

[Terri M. LeBlanc]

I was invested in the title from its first announcement. My father served in Vietnam and rarely spoke about his time there and I was doubly interested because of its focus on the women who served.

I finished this book in one day. I was immediately invested in Frankie, her drive to make her parents proud and her want to save everyone, but forgetting about the need to save yourself first. The Women is heart wrenching and gives an emotional voice to the numerous women who served during a war that divided our country.

I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.