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• Dust Child

  a Novel

  Nguyễn, Phan Quế Mai, 1973-

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  Family and history braid multiple stories in this suspenseful novel about the aftermath of romantic relationships between American GIs and Vietnamese women.

• Good Night, Irene

  Urrea, Luis Alberto,

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  The story of two women who join the Red Cross Clubmobile Corps, designed to serve coffee, doughnuts and friendly cheer to GIs during WWII. With no medical training, they find themselves in the thick of war as they travel to France in 1944 and '45.

• The World Played Chess

  a Novel

  Dugoni, Robert,

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  Dugoni weaves three stories together to examine the wartime experience of a Marine in Vietnam, an 18-year-old coming of age and male friendships.

• The Kinship of Secrets

  a Novel

  Kim, Eugenia (Eugenia SunHee),

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  Two sisters, one raised in South Korea and the other in America, are separated during the Korean War in this sweeping family saga based loosely on the author's family history.

• The Woman With a Purple Heart

  Hanks, Diane,

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  Inspired by the life of Lieutenant Annie Fox, this dramatic story opens in November 1941 when Fox is transferred from the Philippines to Honolulu.

• Absolution

  McDermott, Alice,

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  Framed against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, this novel about high-society American wives looks at how one seemingly small event changes lives for decades to come.

• The Ways We Hide

  a Novel

  McMorris, Kristina,

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  Recruited by MI9 during WWII, Fenna uses her skills to make escape aids. This novel is based on true events about one woman's work with a little-known part of the war.

• Healing Wounds

  a Vietnam War Combat Nurse's 10-year Fight to Win Women a Place of Honor in Washington, D.C.

  Evans, Diane Carlson,

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  In this nonfiction read, the author served as a nurse in Vietnam in the late 1960s, and in the early 1980s, she landed on the idea of creating a memorial on the National Mall to honor women who'd worn a military uniform.

• Come Fly the World

  the Jet-age Story of the Women of Pan Am

  Cooke, Julia,

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  At first glance, this examination of the lives of stewardesses of the glamorous Pan Am World Airways is a far cry from "The Women," but along with an insightful look at women's history, it covers Operation Babylift during the fall of Saigon in 1975.

• Madame Fourcade's Secret War

  the Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler

  Olson, Lynne,

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  While this fascinating biography follows a leader in the French Resistance during WWII, the themes of women's dramatic wartime heroism and sacrifices resonate as readily here as they do in Hannah's Vietnam War account.

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