From the celebrated author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds, The Women is an intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided. Nursing student Frankie McGrath joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows her brother when he ships out to serve in Vietnam. 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.