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The secrets we kept / Lara Prescott.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019Edition: First editionDescription: xi, 349 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780525656159
  • 0525656154
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Contents:
Prologue : the typists -- East, 1949-1950. The muse -- West, Fall 1956. The applicant ; The typists ; The swallow -- East, 1950-1955. The rehabilitated woman ; The cloud dweller ; The emissary -- West, February-Fall 1957. The carrier ; The typists -- East, 1955-1956. The agent ; The emissary -- West, Fall 1957-August 1958. The carrier ; The swallow ; The company man ; The swallow ; The carrier ; The typists ; The carrier -- East, May 1958. The mother -- West, August-September 1958. The typists ; The nun -- East, September-October 1958. The prizewinner -- West, October-December 1958. The informant -- East, October-December 1958. The emissary -- West, December 1958. The defector -- East, January 1959. The postmistress -- West, Summer 1959. The student -- East, 1960-1961. The almost widow -- Epilogue : the typists.
Summary: 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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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library Fiction Prescott Lara Available 33111009377850
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Fiction Prescott Lara Available Dark stains, pg. 115. [ejh] 33111009699535
Adult Book Adult Book Northport Library Fiction Prescott Lara Available 33111008241503
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A thrilling tale of secretaries turned spies, of love and duty, and of 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.

The Secrets We Kept combines a legendary literary love story--the decades-long affair between Pasternak and his mistress and muse, Olga Ivinskaya, who was sent to the Gulag and inspired Zhivago's heroine, Lara--with a narrative about two women empowered to lead lives of extraordinary intrigue and risk. From Pasternak's country estate outside Moscow to the brutalities of the Gulag, from Washington, D.C. to Paris and Milan, The Secrets We Kept captures a watershed moment in the history of literature--told with soaring emotional intensity and captivating historical detail. And at the center of this unforgettable debut is the powerful belief that a piece of art can change the world.

Prologue : the typists -- East, 1949-1950. The muse -- West, Fall 1956. The applicant ; The typists ; The swallow -- East, 1950-1955. The rehabilitated woman ; The cloud dweller ; The emissary -- West, February-Fall 1957. The carrier ; The typists -- East, 1955-1956. The agent ; The emissary -- West, Fall 1957-August 1958. The carrier ; The swallow ; The company man ; The swallow ; The carrier ; The typists ; The carrier -- East, May 1958. The mother -- West, August-September 1958. The typists ; The nun -- East, September-October 1958. The prizewinner -- West, October-December 1958. The informant -- East, October-December 1958. The emissary -- West, December 1958. The defector -- East, January 1959. The postmistress -- West, Summer 1959. The student -- East, 1960-1961. The almost widow -- Epilogue : the typists.

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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