An instant Sunday Times bestseller and soon to be a major motion picture!

The Number One bestselling novel which has captured the hearts of readers across the  world. The Women is a novel of epic love and devastating loss. And it is a story of a  memorable heroine, and her deep friendships, whose idealism and courage under fire  will define an era.

Their friendship changed lives. Their bravery changed history.

'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. Frankie w ill also discover the true value of female  friendship and the heartbreak that love can cause.