A year into the Great War, Eve Gardiner burns to join the fight against the Germans and unexpectedly gets her chance when she’s recruited to work as a spy. So when Charlie’s parents banish her to Europe to have her “little problem” taken care of, Charlie breaks free and heads to London, determined to find out what happened to the cousin she loves like a sister.ġ915. She’s also nursing a desperate hope that her beloved cousin Rose, who disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war, might still be alive. Clair is pregnant, unmarried, and on the verge of being thrown out of her very proper family. In the chaotic aftermath of World War II, American college girl Charlie St. In an enthralling new historical novel from national bestselling author Kate Quinn, two women-a female spy recruited to the real-life Alice Network in France during World War I and an unconventional American socialite searching for her cousin in 1947-are brought together in a mesmerizing story of courage and redemption.ġ947. The reader follows Charlie, Eve, and Eve’s driver Finn through a series of nerve-wracking events that end with a breath-stopping scene, and eventually an acceptable resolution that gives a form of peace to the characters’ numerous traumatic memories.What it’s about (synopsis via Goodreads) : Advising and protecting each other become pivotal in surviving the numerous overt and covert ways a spy can be exposed.

Seduction and pregnancy are volatile and dangerous acts that could easily end in a woman’s death as a collaborator.

The German enemies are shown as foolishly arrogant and careless in their conversations, which become fodder for the Resistance’s victorious actions. The reader comes to feel their fear before, during and after they complete each mission, as well as the exhilaration experienced with each success. The bond and the passion of each spy’s work are the center and essence of the story. The “Alice” in the title is the head of a widespread female WWI resistance group. This novel doesn’t have the usual plot about the Resistance in WWI and WWII. Eve has a passionate obsession as well: to find the man who was her boss, in 1915, in a restaurant catering to German officers. Through a series of unlikely circumstances, Charlie becomes acquainted with Eve Gardiner, a hard, disgruntled woman with mangled hands. Charlie refuses to accept that Rose is probably dead. Clair is unmarried, pregnant, and unwilling to end her “little problem.” She is also dealing with the death of her brother and a determination to find her cousin Rose, who disappeared in Nazi Germany during WWII.

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