Synopsis:

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.

As green and inexperienced as the men sent to Vietnam to fight, Frankie is over- whelmed by the chaos and destruction of war. Each day is a gamble of life and death, hope and betrayal; friendships run deep and can be shattered in an instant. In war, she meets—and becomes one of—the lucky, the brave, the broken, and the lost.

But war is just the beginning for Frankie and her veteran friends. The real battle lies in coming home to a changed and divided America, to angry protesters, and to a country that wants to forget Vietnam.

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What To Expect:

Readers can expect a historical fiction set around American nurses going to Vietnam to serve and the reality and horrors of life during the war and then also once returning home – the mental, physical and psychological damage.

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Content Warnings:

Language: Moderate

Sexual Content: Open door, but mostly not overly graphic. Some is closed door.

Violence: Heavy – This setting is in a war hospital which includes injuries, attacks, and death

Substance Use: Moderate

Prejudices: Heavy – Sexism, some racism

Religious Themes: Religion is not seen in a positive light, the Lords name is taken in vain.

Other Topics: Heavy – Mental illness, adultery, pregnancy out of wedlock, miscarriage + child death

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