Second Congregational Church

Frances “Frankie” McGrath is inspired when a friend of her older brother about to leave for duty in Vietnam says to her, “Women can be heroes.” In spite of the lack of support from her family, Frankie enlists and becomes an army nurse — fresh out of nursing school and as green and inexperienced as the men sent to fight in Vietnam. But war is just the beginning for Frankie and her friends. Fans of Kristin Hannah (The Nightingale, The Great Alone) will recognize her detailed historical research and rich prose in The Women, her latest novel. The book group meets in the church parlor.