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Feb 15, 2024 · I originally came up with the idea 20 years ago about a nurse, but it was more of a love story. It was a very different novel. I kept putting it aside and putting it aside and coming back to it.
Pages. 480. ISBN. 978-1-250-17863-3. The Women is a historical fiction novel by American author Kristin Hannah published by St. Martin's Press in 2024. The book tells the story of Frances "Frankie" McGrath, a young nurse who serves in the United States Army Nurse Corps during the Vietnam War. [1][2] The novel debuted at number one on The New ...
I originally came up with the idea 20 years ago about a nurse, but it was more of a love story. It was a very different novel. I kept putting it aside and putting it aside and coming back to it.
Feb 6, 2024 · I originally came up with the idea 20 years ago about a nurse, but it was more of a love story. It was a very different novel. I kept putting it aside and putting it aside and coming back to it. WW: 20 years is a long time! When did you actually start writing the story? Hannah: In early 2020, Seattle went into lockdown and we were in the throes ...
Hannah was invited to the Vietnam Women's Memorial on Veterans Day for the 30th anniversary of the memorial. She says meeting them, face-to-face, is when "everything changed" for her, and she ...
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Author Q & A. Download the Author Q&A. Q. What inspired you to write a novel set during the turbulent era of the Vietnam War? A. The Vietnam War cast a big shadow over my childhood. I remember the turbulence of the era, the unrest. When I was in elementary school, my best friend’s father was MIA; he’d been shot down in 1967.
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The Women by Kristin Hannah is yet another home run. It has become obvious for those who have read her books she must own stock in Kleenex because people will go through a tissue box. The novel is split into two parts: during the Vietnam War and after. The story has a twenty-year-old, Frances “Frankie” McGrath, after finishing nursing ...
