The Women by Kristin Hannah

I was shocked how much I loved this audio book. It's a riveting story of 20-year-old southern California nursing student who goes to provide medical aid during the Vietnam war. After her older brother ships off to the war, Frances "Frankie" McGrath follows in his footsteps by joining the Army Nurse Corps. Arriving in Vietnam in 1965, she is thrown into the middle of the war, where each day is a chaotic seen of wounded soldiers fighting to stay alive. Frankie forms long-lasting friendships with some of the men as well as the women who serve with her. Her two years in Vietnam are like a crash course in nursing, and Frankie is up to the challenge. The hard part is what she faces when she returns home from her tour. Her re-entry into California life is anything but peaceful. Protestors against the war plague Frankie and her fellow nurses. In a sexiest turn of fate, support services for Vietnam veterans are provided to the male soldiers but not the female nurses who experienced post-traumatic stress and long-lasting nightmares from the war. Frankie must find a way to re-connect to her conservative parents, and learn how to be a good nurse, outside of the hectic pace of war. I loved Frankie and her fellow nurses, and the battles they faced to save men off the battlefield. This book was not only a good read, but also very education in providing information on the medical staff that went to Vietnam. Finally, the moving descriptions of those men who returned after being prisoners of war is haunting. Hannah has written many best-selling novels, but for me this one is the best so far. To buy this book on Amazon click here.