Episode 3 – War, Protest, and the Price of Change

In this episode of Gateway Books by Crestance, we step into the turbulent decades of the 1960s and 70s—through fiction and fact. Kristin Hannah’s The Women introduces us to Frankie McGrath, a young nurse whose time in Vietnam transforms her forever. We then turn to The Movement by Clara Bingham and An Unfinished Love Story by Doris Kearns Goodwin to trace the real voices of resistance, reflection, and reform.

From the front lines of war to the front rows of protest, these books show how personal courage and public struggle collided in an era of upheaval. Join host Cindy Cruz as we uncover what it meant to come of age in a time when everything—identity, ideals, and even truth—was being rewritten.