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The Women

Kristin Hannah

Start date: May 1, 2024

Finish date: May 31, 2024

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Apr 11, 2024 Karalyn Bromage rated it it was amazing

Loved this book so much!

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Mar 28, 2024 Neesha rated it it was amazing

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Wow. What an incredible novel! Clearly this was researched and heartfelt. Despite the outpouring of wwii books over the years, I don’t think anyone has written in this way about Vietnam. I absolutely loved it.

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Feb 12, 2024 Paula Hess rated it really liked it

4.5 stars. Read in one sitting, and I feel she wrote a strong story about Viet Nam and the aftermath for veterans.

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Feb 02, 2024 Karen D rated it it was amazing

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This was a book I needed to sit on for a minute before figuring out how I felt about it. It was not what I expected, which was a story about a nurse in Vietnam. That was part of it, but it was so much more, and I found the latter half of the book, when Frankie returns home to be so much more powerful than her time at war.
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I've read a lot about Vietnam, and about women in Vietnam, but this was the first I can recall that really truly delved into what it felt like to return from service, expectin ...more

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