Kate Quinn, New York Times Bestselling author of The Huntress and The Alice Network
From the gulags of the USSR to the cherry blossom trees of Washington DC, the story grips and refuses to let go. Zhivago to bear as a weapon against Soviet oppression. Two gripping narratives unfold in the pressure cooker of the Cold War: passionate, courageous Olga who stands in the shadow of Soviet author Boris Pasternak yet inspires him to write a heroine for the ages, and the cynical, equally-overshadowed women of the CIA who help bring Pasternak's masterpiece Dr. " The Secrets We Kept is simply sensational. "Prescott clearly had fun crafting this story, and the result is a novel that’s a delight to read - and a secret worth sharing." "Proto-feminist Mad Men transposed to the world of international espionage-all midcentury style and intrigue set against real, indelible history.” This is the rare page-turner with prose that's as wily as its plot." "A gorgeous and romantic feast of a novel anchored by a cast of indelible secretaries." Told with soaring emotional intensity and captivating historical detail, this is an unforgettable debut: a celebration of the powerful belief that a work of art can change the world. The Secrets We Kept combines a legendary literary love story-the decades-long affair between Pasternak and his mistress and muse, Olga Ivinskaya, who inspired Zhivago’s heroine, Lara-with a narrative about two women empowered to lead lives of extraordinary intrigue and risk.
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Under Sally’s tutelage, Irina learns how to invisibly ferry classified documents-and discovers deeply buried truths about herself. Mentoring Irina is the glamorous Sally Forrester: a seasoned spy who has honed her gift for deceit, using her magnetism and charm to pry secrets out of powerful men. Her mission: to help smuggle Doctor Zhivago into the USSR, where it is banned, and enable Boris Pasternak’s magnum opus to make its way into print around the world. A HELLO SUNSHINE x REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICKĪt the height of the Cold War, Irina, a young Russian-American secretary, is plucked from the CIA typing pool and given the assignment of a lifetime.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.Margo Grimm Eule, East City Bookshop, Washington, DC The story moves easily from East to West and from the lives of the women who supported and inspired Pasternak to the women who helped get his banned book into Soviet readers’ hands.” Zhivago as a weapon against the Soviet system. “A fast-paced and fascinating novel about the women behind the CIA’s plan to use Boris Pasternak’s Dr. Aggie Zivaljevic, Kepler's Books, Menlo Park, CA Summer 2020 Reading Group Indie Next List After I finished reading The Secrets We Kept, I pressed the book against my chest, as if I could hear the lovers’ hearts still beating.” Lara Prescott brilliantly portrays how a timeless novel like Doctor Zhivago can change course of history. Second, two American women typists working for CIA and their forbidden love story in the midst of the Cold War and the witch hunt against homosexuals.
First, a divine and doomed love affair between Russian author Boris Pasternak and his muse and secretary, Olga Ivinskaya, a woman immortalized in Pasternak’s epic novel Doctor Zhivago, which was banned in Russia for more than 30 years. “This perfect historical novel is made of the most alluring ingredients.
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