Walk around Barth Pond while discussing The Women by Kristin Hannah. Books will be available at the Ask Us Desk one month before the discussion.
"Women can be heroes, too." 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...When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path...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 for digital checkout in Libby and Cloud Library.
In partnership with the DG Park District.
Register through the Downers Grove Public Library.
Meeting place: Patriots Park/Barth Pond pavilion at 501 55th Pl, Downers Grove, IL 60515. Contact the Adult & Teen Services department at ATS@dglibrary.org for more information.
