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The instant Number One Sunday Times bestselling novel, soon to be a major motion picture.

The Women is the essential story of the women who answered the call of the Vietnam War and paid a price that was heartbreakingly unique.

This is a novel of epic love, devastating loss, and the fierce, unyielding bond of female friendship.

‘Utterly absorbing . . . A triumph’ – Taylor Jenkins Reid

‘Stuns with sacrifice. Uplifts with heroism’ – Bonnie Garmus

‘Never has a novel of war metamorphosed so profoundly into a story of the human heart. The female heart.’ – Delia Owens

They answered the call. Then they fought to be remembered.

‘Women can be heroes, too’.

When twenty-year-old nursing student, Frances “Frankie” McGrath, hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on California’s 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 path for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively joins the Army Nurses Corps and follows his path.

As green and inexperienced as the young 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 America. But Frankie will also discover the true value of female friendship and the heartbreak that love can cause.

‘Thank God for girlfriends. In this crazy, chaotic, divided world that was run by men, you could count on the women’

Readers love The Women: ‘Three little words. “They were there.” Superb. Immersive. Shocking’

‘This book turned me into an absolute sobbing mess . . . So well written and utterly heartbreaking as well as uplifting, joyful and empowering’

‘An authentic account of an unforgotten and untold story. Sometimes brutal, sometimes beautiful’

‘Compelling and heartbreaking. It released all kinds of emotions in me, and has left me wanting to know more about the Vietnam war’

‘Wow! One that you dream about at night and think about all day’

‘One of the most gripping historical fiction books I’ve ever read’

‘Enlightening, informative and a fitting tribute to the female service women and medical staff who served in Vietnam’

‘The story and the characters within will forever be imprinted on my soul’

‘This isn’t just a story of the past, it’s a reminder of what we should not forget in the present’

The Women was a Sunday Times bestseller from 17.2.24-13.4.24

Publisher Review

Wow. I have been left with a bursting heart . . . a story of love, family, unbreakable bonds, bravery and hope. I will never forget the characters, what they endured and how they hoped and loved. I feel that I will be forever touched by them. I loved this book so much! -- Christy Lefteri, bestselling author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo on The Four Winds Astonishing. Compelling. Powerful -- Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing A powerful, stirring, wind-swept tale set in Depression-era America that makes your heart break and soar in equal measure. An escape into the past with timely echoes to the present. Kristin Hannah is a classic storyteller and The Four Winds sees her at the top of her game -- Matt Haig, bestselling author of The Midnight Library on The Four Winds A real page-turning read. Best book I've read all year -- Martina Cole on The Four Winds I didn't just love this book, I became obsessed with it . . . The characters were flawed and vulnerable, strong and naive, and Hannah has delivered a masterclass in all the different ways love can both save us and destroy us -- Karen Swan on The Great Alone Epic . . . By the end, I was surrounded by snow-drifts of tissues damp with my tears -- The Washington Post on The Great Alone Great characters, great plots, great emotions: who could ask for more in a novel? -- Isabel Allende on The Nightingale Movingly written and plotted with the skill of Greek tragedy. You'll keep turning the pages until the last racking sob -- Daily Mail on The Nightingale A rich, compelling novel of love, sacrifice and survival, as epic as the Alaskan landscape it so vividly describes -- Kate Morton on The Great Alone You would be hard-pressed to find a book club that has not discussed one of her novels * The New York Times *