Chamberlin Free Public Library Catalog

Image from Google Jackets

The women : a novel /

By: Contributor(s): Material type: SoundSoundPublisher: New York, NY : Macmillan Audio, [2024]Edition: UnabridgedDescription: 12 audio discs (approximately 898 min.) ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 9781250317964
  • 1250317967
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813/.54 23/eng/20240110
LOC classification:
  • PS3558.A4763 W66 2024ab
Read by Julia Whelan ; author's note read by the author.Summary: When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances "Frankie" McGrath hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on 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 choice for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path. As green and inexperienced as the 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 and politically divided America.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Barcode
AUD CD AUD CD Chamberlin Free Public Library Audio CD AUD CD HAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34480000599039

Title from web page.

Read by Julia Whelan ; author's note read by the author.

When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances "Frankie" McGrath hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on 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 choice for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path. As green and inexperienced as the 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 and politically divided America.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.
Share