The Women Kristin Hannah Sparknotes

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The Women by Kristin Hannah follows nursing student Frances "Frankie" McGrath on her journey starting when she joins the Army Nurse Corps and is shipped overseas to serve as a combat nurse in the Vietnam War. The book occurs during the years 1966 - 1982, in Coronado Island, California and Vietnam. Frankie is born into a wealthy family that enjoys being in the military. Frankie and her older brother have grown up very close, when he is shipped off to war after graduating from the Naval Academy. Frankie faces the conflict of what to do with her life. With her brother off at war and Frankie being a new nurse working the night shift at her local hospital, she becomes determined to sign up to become a nurse at war. After disappointing calls with …show more content…

That night while her mother and her are arguing, the doorbell rings, Frankie answers it and is stunned to see two men in uniform standing with an American flag in their hands. Her brother had died in the line of duty and there were no remains. Devastated, Frankie is now heavily regretting her decision to join the Army Nurse Corps. After a couple months of training, Frankie is flown to Vietnam. The entire way there, Frankie is filled with uncertainty, making it hard for her to keep her composer. When Frankie arrives at her Hootch, her dorm-sized home she shares with two other ladies, she meets her newfound best friends, Ethel and Barb. Throughout Frankie’s wartime, she encountered many disturbing sights that no human should have to see. She had to observe multiple people die every single day. She grew into the reality of her life though, she became less scared and was now acquainted with the loud sounds of sirens or bombs. Throughout the first section of the novel the reader can notice a change in Frankie's attitude. Frankie enters the war confident in her decision to help

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