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| Original Title: | The Secrets We Kept ASIN B07MD3B4F1 |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Edgar Award Nominee for Best First Novel (2020), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Debut Novel (2019) |
Lara Prescott
Kindle Edition | Pages: 368 pages Rating: 3.72 | 28708 Users | 3174 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Secrets We Kept |
| Author | : | Lara Prescott |
| Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 368 pages |
| Published | : | September 17th 2019 by Knopf (first published September 3rd 2019) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Cultural. Russia. Audiobook |
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Secretaries turned spies, love and duty, and sacrifice—inspired by the true story of the CIA plot to infiltrate the hearts and minds of Soviet Russia, not with propaganda, but with the greatest love story of the twentieth century: Doctor Zhivago.At the height of the Cold War, two secretaries are pulled out of the typing pool at the CIA and given the assignment of a lifetime. Their mission: to smuggle Doctor Zhivago out of the USSR, where no one dare publish it, and help Pasternak's magnum opus make its way into print around the world. Glamorous and sophisticated Sally Forrester is a seasoned spy who has honed her gift for deceit all over the world--using her magnetism and charm to pry secrets out of powerful men. Irina is a complete novice, and under Sally's tutelage quickly learns how to blend in, make drops, and invisibly ferry classified documents.
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FOUR BLAZING STARS IN LOVE OF ZHIVAGO AND OTHER FASCINATING RUSSIAN CLASSICS WE TRULY ADORED! Here we go! A thrilling espionage story about secret spy typist women agents at the Cold War era, shaping around creating process of Doctor Zhivago and its writers tumultuous, mind-blowing love story with his muse and mistress Olga! Da! Count me in! Already opened a new bottle of Chardonnay to being accompanied with this page-turner! Nazdarovya! So CIA captures the copies of Doctor Zhivago and uses thisTaking place during the pinnacle of the Cold War, accomplished and well educated women were relegated to the typing pool at the CIA by the old boy network while their male counterparts began careers. Two unique women whom excel at keeping secrets become spies tasked with obtaining the manuscript of Dr. Zhivago for publication in the west since the Soviet State finds the content offensive and will not publish. Moving between the east and the west there are two love stories, dangerous missions and
Lara Prescott weaves a fascinating tale of espionage during the Cold War using Boris Pasternaks book Dr Zhivago as the basis for her debut thriller. Dr Zhivago is a book that was banned in Pasternaks homeland - the Soviet Union. People are willing to die for this book, but on the other side of the coin there are agents prepared to kill for it too!Set both in the East and the West, our two main protagonists Sally Forrester and Irina Drozdov work in the CIA typing pool, a very male dominated
This book absolutely BLEW me off my feet! It is a stunning masterpiece. It has something for EVERYONE, trust me, you dont want to miss out on this book. From espionage to banned books to politics to a love story, this book has it all. I was absolutely enthralled right from page one and couldnt turn the pages fast enough to immerse myself deeper into this beautiful story. I love the different viewpoints that were used, it really brought something special to the storytelling because we got to see
DNFd at 38%I was expecting a suspenseful spy novel, but what I got was thinly disguised romance/chick-lit. It's all too common with historical fiction in recent years, and why I struggle with the genre. The love affair between Pasternak and Olga left me cold, the alternating narratives in the West chapters were confusing, the secretarial pool characters lacked depth, and the writing style was simplistic. Frankly, I was bored silly.
Lara Prescott weaves a fascinating tale of espionage during the Cold War using Boris Pasternaks book Dr Zhivago as the basis for her debut thriller. Dr Zhivago is a book that was banned in Pasternaks homeland - the Soviet Union. People are willing to die for this book, but on the other side of the coin there are agents prepared to kill for it too!Set both in the East and the West, our two main protagonists Sally Forrester and Irina Drozdov work in the CIA typing pool, a very male dominated
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