Hannah, Kristin

Summary: "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...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC HAN

Jio, Sarah.

Summary: "In the summer of 1942, twenty-one-year-old Anne Calloway, newly engaged, sets off to serve in the Army Nurse Corps on the Pacific island of Bora-Bora. More exhilarated by the adventure of a lifetime than she ever was by her predictable fianc,̌ she is drawn to a mysterious soldier named Westry, and their friendship soon blossoms into hues as deep as the hibiscus flowers native to the island....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Plume 2012

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JIO

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION JIO

Ackerman, Sara

Summary: "She's never even seen the ocean before, but Eva Cassidy has her reasons for making the crossing to Hawaii, and they run a lot deeper than escaping a harsh Michigan winter. Newly enlisted as an Army Corps nurse, Eva is stunned by the splendor she experiences aboard the steamship SS Lurline; even more so by Lt. Clark Spencer, a man she is drawn to but who clearly has secrets of his own. But...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2019

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ACK