The other day I was in the library and I read a list of the best historical fiction novels. Kristin Hannah's book, The Women, was on the list. Then I saw the book sitting on the large print book shelf. So I took it down and read the first 240 pages. That was last week. Today I found the book again and read it to the finish. It was a great story about the women who served as nurses during the Vietnam War. The story is about a woman names Frances (Franky) McGrath. After her brother joined the Navy and was sent to Vietnam, she decided to enlist as a nurse. The Navy wouldn't take her because she had only a couple weeks of nursing experience after graduating from nursing school. The Air Force wouldn't take her. The Army Nurse Corp let her join and sent her there totally unprepared. She made friends for life with two other nurses. Franky found her calling in life serving as a nurse. She saw appalling injuries and events with massive casualties. She decided to sign up for a second year. Coming back home she was spat on and called a baby killer. Her story about transitioning back to civilian life is sad and tragic like it was for many Vietnam vets.