The Women

The Women

4.7 (196 ratings from Audible, Apple)
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Read by: Julia Whelan

Language: English

Length: 14 hours and 55 minutes

Publisher: Macmillan

Release date: 2024-02-15

Charts
PlatformCountryChartLast RankLast Ranked At
AppleGB FlagTop Audiobooks - All114September 11, 2024
AppleGB FlagTop Audiobooks - Fiction20September 11, 2024
AppleAU FlagTop Audiobooks - All93September 11, 2024
AppleAU FlagTop Audiobooks - Fiction10September 11, 2024

Featuring an exclusive appearance by the author, Kristin Hannah.

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.

The Women was a Sunday Times bestseller from 17.2.24-13.4.24