Send us a textOnly weirdos like us see The Women by Kristin Hannah as a palette cleanser.Show notes:0:00-2:00 Intro2:00-4:00 Intro to the characters and gender role chat4:30 The way Frankie's dad discounted her service5:00 Barb and Ethel and how women show up for one another6:00-7:30 The setting, the smells8:00 Interview with a nurse who had experience in Vietnam9:00 Letters to the soldiers parents and how Vietnam wasn't that long ago11:00 Types of death from war13:00 The amount of people impacted and the timeline14:00 What was traumatizing to Frankie?15:00 Some of the love and romance throughout the book18:00 Part II of the book when Frankie comes home19:00 PTSD22:00 Some of the male characters24:00 Rock bottom and the creation of the farm28:00 Frankie's relationship with her parents and her new reality34:00 What happens when girls became pregnant?36:00 The Werther effect37:40 Our connections to the Vietnam Warhttps://lagoonsleep.com/ - use code BOOKCLUBhttps://kristinhannah.com/books/the-women/https://www.iowapbs.org/iowapathways/artifact/1540/iowa-veteran-describes-her-experiences-nurse-during-vietnam-warhttps://www.vvmf.org/echoes/EP12/https://www.va.gov/https://www.c-span.org/program/american-history-tv/vietnam-war-nurse-virginia-lee-dornheggen-oral-history-interview/591115https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2950285324000322Support the showSubscribe on our patreon for weekly content, early access to episodes, one true crime episode per month and behind the scenes content at https://www.patreon.com/thecreepybookclubFollow us on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/thecreepybookclub and https://www.instagram.com/bookswithyourbesties/Follow us on TikTok at https://www.tiktok.com/@thecreepybookclubMusic is Ur Karma (Instrumental Version) by Craig Reever.The opinions expressed in this podcast are those of Emily and Ashley of The Creepy Book Club alone.

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