By Kristin Hannah
‘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.
The true value of female friendship
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.
“Stuns with sacrifice. Uplifts with heroism“
– Bonnie Garmus, bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry
About the author
Kristin Hannah is an award-winning international number one bestselling author with over 25 million copies of her books sold worldwide.
Her most recent titles, The Four Winds, The Nightingale and The Great Alone won numerous best fiction awards and her earlier novel, Firefly Lane, is currently a bestselling series on Netflix. Kristin is a lawyer-turned-writer and is the mother of one son. She and her husband live in the Pacific Northwest near Seattle.
- Publisher | Pan Macmillan South Africa |
- ISBN | 9781035005673 |
- Recommended Retail Price | R465.00 |
- CLASSIFICATION | History |