When twenty-year-old Frankie McGrath learns that women can be heroes, she trades her sheltered Southern California life for the chaos of Vietnam as an Army nurse, determined to follow her brother into service. What awaits her is far more harrowing than she imagined—days filled with impossible choices, life-and-death decisions, and bonds forged in the crucible of war with fellow nurses who become her sisters in ways she never expected. But the real struggle begins when Frankie and her veteran friends return home to a divided America that seems determined to forget them and their sacrifice. This is a sweeping, deeply moving tribute to the women who served in Vietnam and the profound cost of coming of age in a nation at war with itself.

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Haunting folk and soft indie ballads about resilience, sacrifice, and sisterhood forged in darkness. Think Bon Iver's quiet devastation, First Aid Kit's raw vulnerability, and The National's heavy introspection. Sparse instrumentation, voices like confessions, atmospheric sadness mixed with quiet strength.