Although Charlie does not know what the real world entails, her courage and tenacity are an inspiration for every ambitious teenager. As she sets off on a journey to find her lost cousin, Rose, two years after World War II has ended, she is unprepared for the truth she uncovers. Clair is a reckless teenager failing to deal with tremendous loss and change. However, her fragile world comes crashing down when she is inevitably caught by the German police.Ĭharlie St. She can’t imagine living another life as she develops a deep bond with two other female spies. As Eve risks her humanity to gather intel, she finally realizes the core aspects of what it means to be alive at all. Eve refuses to let her stutter and gender stop her from serving her country. This historical novel takes place in Europe as the pair travel through France to confront the ghosts of their past, while still healing from loss and love.Įve Gardiner has a deep desire to contribute to the war effort when she is recruited to be a spy in World War I. 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.“The Alice Network,” by Kate Quinn, closely follows two women in consecutive generations as they each grapple with the implications of the world wars. 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. 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. 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.
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