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SUMMARY:Wednesday Night Readers
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LOCATION:Byron Public Library District, 100 S Washington St., Byron, IL 61
 010, United States
ROOM: Classroom 1
DESCRIPTION:From the celebrated author of The Nightingale and The Four Win
 ds comes Kristin Hannah's The Women - at once an intimate portrait of
  coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided. 
 Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances "Fr
 ankie" McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the s
 un-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her con
 servative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing.
  But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a d
 ifferent future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietna
 m, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.As green and inexpe
 rienced as the men sent to Vietnam to fight, Frankie is overwhelmed by the
  chaos and destruction of war. Each day is a gamble of life and death, hop
 e and betrayal; friendships run deep and can be shattered in an instant. I
 n war, she meets - and becomes one of - the lucky, the brave, the broken, 
 and the lost.But war is just the beginning for Frankie and her veteran fri
 ends. The real battle lies in coming home to a changed and divided America
 , to angry protesters, and to a country that wants to forget Vietnam. The
  Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on all
  women who put themselves in harm's way and whose sacrifice and commi
 tment to their country has too often been forgotten. A novel about deep fr
 iendships and bold patriotism. The Women is a richly drawn story with a me
 morable heroine whose idealism and courage under fire will come to define 
 an era. 
URL:https://www.byronlibrary.org/event/wednesday-night-readers-11722
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