The Friends of Public Libraries of Lancaster County are honored to welcome renowned, New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah to Lancaster for an in-person conversation about her new book, The Women. This event will take place at Calvary Church, which is located at 1051 Landis Valley Road, Lancaster, PA 17601. Hannah will be in conversation with New York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani.
This is a ticketed event. Tickets are $50 (plus taxes and fees) and include a hardcover copy of The Women with a signed bookplate and general admission entry. There is no assigned seating; seating is first come, first served. You will receive a PDF ticket upon purchase; please bring your PDF ticket to the venue. Due to the size of our audience and Kristin's very busy schedule, there will be no book signing after the presentation. However, Kristin has kindly signed bookplates that will be included with each copy of The Women.
Additional copies of Hannah's books may be purchased at the venue from the Midtown Scholar Bookstore.
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About the Book:
The missing. The forgotten. The brave… The women.
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 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, and she suddenly imagines a different choice for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.
As green and inexperienced as the men sent to Vietnam to fight, 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.
The Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on the story of all women who put themselves in harm’s way to help others. Women whose sacrifice and commitment to their country has all too often been forgotten. A novel of searing insight and lyric beauty, The Women is a profoundly emotional, richly drawn story with a memorable heroine whose extraordinary idealism and courage under fire define a generation.
About the Speakers:
Kristin Hannah is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty novels, including The Nightingale, The Great Alone, and The Four Winds. A former lawyer turned writer, she lives with her husband in the Pacific Northwest.
Adriana Trigiani is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty books of fiction and nonfiction, including The Shoemaker’s Wife. Her books have been published in thirty-eight languages around the world. She is an award-winning playwright, television writer/producer, and filmmaker. Among her screen credits, Trigiani wrote and directed the major motion picture adaptation of her debut novel, Big Stone Gap. Adriana grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, where she co-founded the Origin Project. Trigiani is proud to serve on the New York State Council on the Arts. She lives in New York City with her family.
