The Women

Praise

#1 New York Times Bestseller
#1 USA Today Bestseller
#1 Washington Post Bestseller
#1 Los Angeles Times Bestseller
#1 Barnes & Noble Bestseller
#1 Publishers Weekly Bestseller
#1 Indie Bestseller
#1 Amazon Bestseller
#1 Audible Bestseller
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“Hannah again shines her light on overlooked women in history” ―People Magazine (Book of the Week)

“Hannah is in top form here… Hannah’s real superpower is her ability to hook you along from catastrophe to catastrophe, sometimes peering between your fingers, because you simply cannot give up on her characters. She gathers women into the (Vietnam) experience with moving conviction.” ―The New York Times

“Hannah’s tale, rich with period detail, is an impassioned tribute to the heroism of the many thousands who did serve, as well as a hymn to female solidarity in the darkest of settings. It’s a surprisingly original take on a well-trodden subject.” ―The Times (London)

“Hannah tells the story of real but unsung heroes” ―The Washington Post

“Hannah enjoys the authorial reach to educate legions of readers about the significant subjects she dramatizes. In doing so she demonstrates that, just like the women she writes about, she deserves to be recognized.” ―Minneapolis Star Tribune

“The Women is historical fiction at its very best. So moving, so wrenching, and yet, in the end, uplifting. Brava! I loved The Nightingale and The Four Winds, but The Women is my favorite.” —Nicholas D. Kristof, Pulitzer Prize–winning coauthor of Half the Sky

“One of the greatest storytellers of our time, Kristin Hannah, tackles one of the most cruel and despicable wars of the last century, the Vietnam War. The Women reveals the powerful contributions and horrific sacrifices of the American military nurses who served in a war whose agencies refused to acknowledge that they were even there. Perhaps no words can bring closure to a nation still ashamed of booing our returning heroes, but the heroine, Frances McGrath, stirs a deep, overdue compassion and tears for every single soldier—and especially the forgotten women who sacrificed so much. Never has a novel of war metamorphosed so profoundly into a story of the human heart.” —Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing

Women can be heroes too is the message at the core of Kristin Hannah’s amazing book The Women. With profound insight and a vivid sense of the time and place, she focuses not only on three nurses who served in the hell of Vietnam and came home to be ignored and forgotten, but the fierce courage it took to triumph over both. It’s about time we gave these women their due. Kristin Hannah has done it with a powerful portrait of ordinary women who were, indeed, heroes. —Eileen Dreyer, RN, BS, Author of Soldier’s Heart

“Stuns with sacrifice; uplifts with heroism . . . an important, long overdue tribute to the brave women nurses who served in Vietnam.”—Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry

“Many would say that the nurses who helped fight the Vietnam War were forgotten. Believe me, for those of us who were there, these women were never forgotten–and never will be. Kristin Hannah honors them with this novel.“ —Karl Marlantes, author of Matterhorn

Early Bookseller Praise

“Spanning two decades, a poignantly told story of Frankie McGrath and her life as a nurse during and after the Vietnam War. The devastating losses and healing as she and others found their way back, to tell the story of their time in a war that no one wanted or supported. The Women finally have their story told because “they were there” too! This book is another Nightingale…highly recommend!”–Christina Coward, Blue Willow Bookshop, Houston, TX

“Wow. An important book about a forgotten war and so well done. The amount of time I have thought about this book when I am NOT reading lets me know what a fantastic job the author has done but Kristin Hannah has a way of doing that with all her books which is why I love every one she has written. I am very thankful to learn something about The Women who fought in Vietnam…I never knew.” –Alicia Gregov, The Novel Neighbor, Webster Groves, MO

“WOW! Kristin Hannah has done it again! I was enthralled from the beginning with Frankie, who had it all but when her brother was killed in Vietnam, she stepped up to serve her country. Nursing became her passion and she joined the army and went to war. …This is a beautifully written story that exposes the reality that nurses faced on the battlefield. It is personal to this one girl as she suffers, falls apart and somehow comes back to survive another day and find herself. Kudos to Hannah! I couldn’t put it down! Fabulous!” –Stephanie Crowe, Page and Palette, Fairhope, AL

“Kristin Hannah brings her genius to new heights and a new era with The Women. Raw and fierce, The Women puts the reader straight into the horrors of the Vietnam War, as witnessed by a female nurse from a privileged background. Kristin perfectly captures the pulse of the war, from the people fighting it, to the country that turns its back on its soldiers. The jungles of Vietnam were hell for those sent to fight there, but, for so many of our soldiers, returning home was a hell of its own. The women, so often overlooked, were right there.” –Mary O’Malley, Skylark Bookshop, Columbia, MO