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“𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓷 𝓱𝓪𝓭 𝓪 𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂 𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓮𝓵𝓵, 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓷 𝓲𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓵𝓭 𝔀𝓪𝓼𝓷'𝓽 𝓺𝓾𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝔂𝓮𝓽 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓭𝔂 𝓽𝓸 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓻 𝓲𝓽, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻 𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂 𝓫𝓮𝓰𝓪𝓷 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓻𝓮𝓮 𝓼𝓲𝓶𝓹𝓵𝓮 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓭𝓼. 𝓦𝓮 𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮.”

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The first half of the book we follow Frances aka “Frankie” to Vietnam after she leaves her comfort and sheltered life of Southern California. She is a squeaky new nursing student who decides to follow her brother to the war torn country.

We follow Frankie’s journey as she is overwhelmed, terrified and second guessing herself on the daily. Frankie forms relationships that feel like they will last forever.

The second half of the book brings us back to Southern California, where we continue to follow Frankie after her return from Vietnam. We learn of her sadness and heartbreak and her attempt to get her life back on track.

This was a good read, don't get me wrong... Kristin Hannah has amazing and strong storytelling capability.

I've only read a few KH books now, but... and maybe it's just me, but it seems the two war books I've read from her are so heavy on the foreshadowing that the story becomes predictable.

I always chalked it up to the fact that I'd read too many WWII stories. And maybe that's true as well, but this did seem foreshadow heavy to me.

I was not a fan of Frankie's POV. At all.

There was a lot of romantic entanglements in this one. More than I really care to have in a historical fiction. Frankie was super boy crazy and made the worst decisions ever.

If you typically enjoy Kristin Hannah books, it's worth the read. If you're just starting to dip your toe into historical fiction and would like a little more emphasis on romance, give this one a try.

I enjoyed it, it just isn't my favorite KH book.

“𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮, 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓪𝓻 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓪𝓵𝓶𝓸𝓼𝓽 𝓫𝓮𝓪𝓾𝓽𝓲𝓯𝓾𝓵. 𝓜𝓪𝔂𝓫𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓪 𝓯𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓪𝓵 𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓽𝓱: 𝓦𝓪𝓻 𝓵𝓸𝓸𝓴𝓮𝓭 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝔀𝓪𝔂 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓸 𝓼𝓪𝔀 𝓲𝓽 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓪 𝓼𝓪𝓯𝓮 𝓭𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮. 𝓒𝓵𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝓾𝓹, 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓿𝓲𝓮𝔀 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓭𝓲𝓯𝓯𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓷𝓽”

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