The Alice Network
Kate Quinn, 2017
Historical fiction Contemporary fictionMystery, thriller & crime
Two women, two wars, and a network of female spies: a hunt for a missing person braids past and present into a story about courage and atonement.
About war.
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The argument you have with yourself before doing the frightening thing.
The idea made her sick and scared, but so what? Why did it matter if something scared you, when it simply had to be done anyway? Kate Quinn.The novel’s title comes from a real WWI intelligence network run by Louise de Bettignies, who used the alias Alice Dubois.
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- What should I read after The Alice Network?
- If you liked The Alice Network, try The Hotel Nantucket (Elin Hilderbrand), The Women (Kristin Hannah) and Lilac Girls (Martha Hall Kelly).
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Caroline wiped her cheek with the back of her gardening glove, leaving a dark smudge below one eye, then pulled off her gloves. ‘But it’s fitting in a way - Father loved the fact that a lilac only blossoms after a harsh winter.’ Caroline reached over and smoothed the hair back from my brow with a light touch. How many times had my mother done that? ‘It’s a miracle all of this beauty emerges after such hardship, don’t you think?
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