We'll see if this one lives up to the buzz! We have copies of
The Alice Network to check out and the group will meet on Wednesday April 17th at 1pm. Hope to see you there!
Featuring an exclusive excerpt from Kate Quinn's next incredible
historical novel, THE HUNTRESS NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY
BESTSELLER #1 GLOBE AND MAIL HISTORICAL FICTION BESTSELLER One of NPR's
Best Books of the Year! One of Bookbub's Biggest Historical Fiction
Books of the Year! 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 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. 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.
