BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20250225T223000Z DTEND:20250225T233000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Norwich Area Book Club: The Women DESCRIPTION:Want to meet other book enthusiasts in Norwich? This book club features reads related to personal growth and experience. Join us in February to read "The Women" by Kristin Hannah.\n\n \n\nFrom the jacket: "Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances "Frankie" McGrath hears these words\, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched\, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents\, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965\, the world is changing\, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam\, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.\n\n \n\nAs green and inexperienced as the men sent to Vietnam to fight\, Frankie is over-whelmed by the chaos and destruction of war. Each day is a gamble of life and death\, hope and betrayal\; friendships run deep and can be shattered in an instant. In war\, she meets and becomes one of the lucky\, the brave\, the broken\, and the lost.\n\n \n\nBut war is just the beginning for Frankie and her veteran friends. The real battle lies in coming home to a changed and divided America\, to angry protesters\, and to a country that wants to forget Vietnam."\n\n \n\nThe first 10 people to register will be able to pick up a complimentary copy of the book.\n\n\n\nRegister today! X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Want to meet other book enthusiasts in Norwich? This book club features reads related to personal growth and experience. Join us in February to read "\;The Women"\; by Kristin Hannah.
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From the jacket: "\;Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances &ldquo\;Frankie&rdquo\; McGrath hears these words\, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched\, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents\, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965\, the world is changing\, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam\, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.
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As green and inexperienced as the men sent to Vietnam to fight\, Frankie is over-whelmed by the chaos and destruction of war. Each day is a gamble of life and death\, hope and betrayal\; friendships run deep and can be shattered in an instant. In war\, she meets and becomes one of the lucky\, the brave\, the broken\, and the lost.
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But war is just the beginning for Frankie and her veteran friends. The real battle lies in coming home to a changed and divided America\, to angry protesters\, and to a country that wants to forget Vietnam."\;
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The first 10 people to register will be able to pick up a complimentary copy of the book.
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\nRegister today!
\n LOCATION:Chelsea Groton Bank Norwichtown Branch 50 Town Street Norwich\, CT And on ZOOM UID:e.1932.30613 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260421T111254Z URL:https://business.middlesexchamber.com/events/details/norwich-area-book-club-the-women-30613 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR