New York Times and USA Today Bestseller
An NPR's Best Book of the Year
A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick!
The 2017 Girly Book Club Book of the Year!
A Summer Book Pick from Good Housekeeping, Parade, Library Journal,
Goodreads, Liz and Lisa, and BookBub
In this enthralling novel from New York Times 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.
1947. In the chaotic aftermath of World War II, American college girl
Charlie St. Clair is pregnant, unmarried, and on the verge of being
thrown out of her very proper family. 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. 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.
1915. 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. Sent into enemy-occupied France, she's
trained by the mesmerizing Lili, the "Queen of Spies", who manages a
vast network of secret agents right under the enemy's nose.
Thirty years later, haunted by the betrayal that ultimately tore apart
the Alice Network, Eve spends her days drunk and secluded in her
crumbling London house. Until a young American barges in uttering a name
Eve hasn't heard in decades, and launches them both on a mission to find
the truth...no matter where it leads.
"Both funny and heartbreaking, this epic journey of two courageous
women is an unforgettable tale of little-known wartime glory and
sacrifice. Quinn knocks it out of the park with this spectacular
book!"--Stephanie Dray, New York Times bestselling author of America's
First Daughter
