Events › Fairfax Book Club: The Women by Kristin Hannah

The Fairfax Library Thursday Morning Book Club will meet in-person every other month to discuss a new book. Everyone is welcome to attend whether or not you have read the selected book for that meeting.

This is a drop-in event, and December 11 is our sixth and final book club meeting in 2025. We gather in person at the Fairfax Library for this conversation.

We will be discussing our selection: The Women by Kristin Hannah

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances "Frankie" McGrath hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on 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 choice for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path. As green and inexperienced as the 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 and politically divided America.

Available Formats: Print Book & Large-Type Print, Audiobook Download, E-Print book

Thursday Book Club is sponsored by the Friends of the Fairfax Library.

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