The US has minimized the suffering caused by war, to the point of denying any women went to Vietnam. Kristin Hannah's The Women shares the story of one nurse who enlists to make a difference and earn her father's respect. This book covers not only her service in-country, but returning home to deal with PTSD, addictions, and the effects of Agent Orange. Ultimately it's a tribute to women's friendships and resilience.
From master storyteller Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds, comes the story of a turbulent, transformative era in America: the 1960s. The Women is that rarest of novels—at once an intimate portrait of a woman coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided by war and broken by politics, of a generation both fueled by dreams and lost on the battlefield.
“Women can be heroes, too.”
When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these unexpected…
The award-winning journalist and staff writer for The Atlantic follows up his New York Times bestseller American Carnage with this timely, rigorously reported, and deeply personal examination of the divisions that threaten to destroy the American evangelical movement.
Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in America today. In his seminal new book, The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory, journalist Tim Alberta, himself a practicing Christian and the son of an evangelical pastor, paints an…
From a woman who has been there and back, the first inside look at the devastating effects evangelical Christianity's purity culture has had on a generation of young women-in a potent combination of journalism, cultural commentary, and memoir.
In the 1990s, a "purity industry" emerged out of the white evangelical Christian culture. Purity rings, purity pledges, and purity balls came with a dangerous message: girls are potential sexual "stumbling blocks" for boys and men, and any expression of a girl's sexuality could reflect the corruption of her character. This message traumatized many girls-resulting in anxiety, fear, and experiences that mimicked…
He wants to put down roots. She's desperate to escape. Can they join forces to keep the peace... and find love?
Since Keziah Sirrine's husband disappeared on a mission trip to the frontier, she's survived by making herbal remedies and midwifing. Then the Chief Steward of the Congregation sells her house out from under her to fund the group's move to the wilderness of Iowa and Keziah is forced to go along.
Duncan Ross becomes a member of the Congregation, hoping for a place to call home, to be part of something bigger than himself. He joins forces with Keziah for the health of the Congregation. As respect grows into love, Keziah wonders if she can trust Duncan with her secret: she knows the Chief Steward is a fraud.
In the isolation of the wilderness, the Chief Steward declares himself anointed of God, demands members relinquish all possessions, and dodges questions about finances. As tensions boil, news of Keziah's missing husband has Duncan wondering if their love—and the Congregation--will survive.
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