In The Women, Kristin Hannah continues her strong record of telling compelling and intimate historical dramas about women, this time focusing on a nurse serving in Vietnam. Frankie’s character has clearly been crafted to serve the story and provides a vehicle to represent the experiences of the female veterans of Vietnam. Through Frankie, Hannah explores …
Part I Part II Part I Chapter One CORONADO ISLAND, CALIFORNIA, MAY 1966 In May 1966, Frances “Frankie” Grace McGrath, 20, is dressed up for an opulent bon voyage party at the upscale McGrath family estate. It’s situated on Coronado Beach, between famed Hotel Coronado and the Naval Air Station North Island, near San Diego. …
Prologue The book opens with Nora Katharine Stephens, a cutthroat and successful literary agent, being dumped by her boyfriend, Grant, over the phone. Nora is emotionally distant and practical. Grant has decided to leave his life behind to live a simpler life with the daughter of a couple who own a boutique hotel. After the …
Book Lovers is Emily Henry’s newest bookish summer beach read, and it delivers on everything it promises to be. Summery, romantic, fun, and with endearingly bookish characters — there’s a lot to like about Henry’s latest release. Our protagonist, Nora, describes herself as the type of woman that decidedly does not get the guy in …
Prologue (1965) Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V Prologue (1965) The story opens with a policewoman holding part of a wedding dress after something tragic has taken place. Part I Now: 2019. Chapters 1 – 11 In 2018, following the death of their mother Eleanor Bennett, siblings Byron Bennett and Benedetta …
