Kristin Hannah

The Women (eBook, ePUB)

The Instant Number One Bestseller from the author of The Nightingale

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The instant Number One Sunday Times bestselling novel, soon to be a major motion picture.

The Women is the essential story of the women who answered the call of the Vietnam War and paid a price that was heartbreakingly unique.

This is a novel of epic love, devastating loss, and the fierce, unyielding bond of female friendship.

'Utterly absorbing . . . A triumph' - Taylor Jenkins Reid

'Stuns with sacrifice. Uplifts with heroism' - Bonnie Garmus

'Never has a novel of war metamorphosed so profoundly into a story of the human heart. The female heart.' - Delia Owens

They answered the call. Then they fought to be remembered.

'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. But Frankie will also discover the true value of female friendship and the heartbreak that love can cause.

'Thank God for girlfriends. In this crazy, chaotic, divided world that was run by men, you could count on the women'

Readers love The Women:

'Three little words. "They were there." Superb. Immersive. Shocking'

'This book turned me into an absolute sobbing mess . . . So well written and utterly heartbreaking as well as uplifting, joyful and empowering'

'An authentic account of an unforgotten and untold story. Sometimes brutal, sometimes beautiful'

'Compelling and heartbreaking. It released all kinds of emotions in me, and has left me wanting to know more about the Vietnam war'

'Wow! One that you dream about at night and think about all day'

'One of the most gripping historical fiction books I've ever read'

'Enlightening, informative and a fitting tribute to the female service women and medical staff who served in Vietnam'

'The story and the characters within will forever be imprinted on my soul'

'This isn't just a story of the past, it's a reminder of what we should not forget in the present'

_{The Women was a Sunday Times bestseller from 17.2.24-13.4.24}

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pan Macmillan
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781035005703
• Artikelnr.: 67870838

Autorenporträt

Kristin Hannah is an award-winning international number one bestseller with over 25 million copies of her books sold worldwide. The Women, along with her recent novels The Four Winds, The Great Alone and The Nightingale, is already the winner of numerous best fiction awards, and is soon to become a major movie. Her earlier novel Firefly Lane was a number one blockbuster series on Netflix. Kristin's writing has taken readers across multiple eras and to many places, but the thing that connects all of her work is the focus on what it's like being a woman in challenging times. Kristin is a lawyer-turned-writer and is the mother of one son. She and her husband live in the Pacific Northwest near Seattle.

Rezensionen

"Hannah again shines her light on overlooked women in history" -People Magazine (Book of the Week)

"Hannah is in top form here... Hannah's real superpower is her ability to hook you along from catastrophe to catastrophe, sometimes peering between your fingers, because you simply cannot give up on her characters. She gathers women into the (Vietnam) experience with moving conviction." -The New York Times

"The Women is historical fiction at its very best. So moving, so wrenching, and yet, in the end, uplifting. Brava! I loved The Nightingale and The Four Winds, but The Women is my favorite." -Nicholas D. Kristof, Pulitzer Prize-winning coauthor of Half the Sky

"One of the greatest storytellers of our time, Kristin Hannah, tackles one of the most cruel and despicable wars of the last century, the Vietnam War. The Women reveals the powerful contributions and horrific sacrifices of the American military nurses who served in a war whose agencies refused to acknowledge that they were even there. Perhaps no words can bring closure to a nation still ashamed of booing our returning heroes, but the heroine, Frances McGrath, stirs a deep, overdue compassion and tears for every single soldier-and especially the forgotten women who sacrificed so much. Never has a novel of war metamorphosed so profoundly into a story of the human heart." -Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing

"Stuns with sacrifice; uplifts with heroism . . . an important, long overdue tribute to the brave women nurses who served in Vietnam." -Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry

"Hannah's emotionally charged page-turner (after The Four Winds) centers on a young nurse whose life is changed by the Vietnam War. Fans of women's historicals will enjoy this magnetic wartime story." -Publishers Weekly

"Many would say that the nurses who helped fight the Vietnam War were forgotten. Believe me, for those of us who were there, these women were never forgotten--and never will be. Kristin Hannah honors them with this novel." --Karl Marlantes, author of Matterhorn

"Hannah enjoys the authorial reach to educate legions of readers about the significant subjects she dramatizes. In doing so she demonstrates that, just like the women she writes about, she deserves to be recognized." -Minneapolis Star Tribune

"A moving, gripping tale that pays tribute to the under-appreciated skill and courage of combat nurses." --Booklist, starred review

"Hannah tells the story of real but unsung heroes" --Washington Post

"Enough time has passed that most people acknowledge the individual heroism that took place in Vietnam, even though history doesn't look kindly on the war itself," he wrote. "People over there did things that we can - and should - be proud of. That's one reason why I'm glad to see a book like 'The Women' doing so well. It's a beautifully written tribute to a group of veterans who deserve more appreciation for the incredible sacrifices they made." --Bill Gates