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Sonia Purnell is a biographer and journalist who has worked at The Economist, The Telegraph, and The Sunday Times. Her book Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill (published as First Lady in the UK) was chosen as a book of the year by The Telegraph and The Independent, and was a finalist for the Plutarch Award. Her first book, Just Boris, was longlisted for the Orwell prize.

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Average rating: 4.12 · 82,830 ratings · 10,193 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II 4.15 avg rating — 66,102 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill 3.92 avg rating — 8,285 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kingmaker 4.16 avg rating — 6,898 ratings — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Agent Most Wanted: The Never-Before-Told Story of the Most Dangerous Spy of World War II 3.78 avg rating — 652 ratings — published 2022 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First Lady: The Life and Wars of Clementine Churchill 4.24 avg rating — 454 ratings — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Just Boris: A Tale of Blond Ambition: A Biography of Boris Johnson 3.81 avg rating — 333 ratings — published 2011 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clementine Churchill: A Life in Pictures by Sonia Purnell, Harriet Walter (Foreword) 4.28 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First Lady The Life and Wars of Clementine Churchill & A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of Virginia Hall, WWII’s Most Dangerous Spy By Sonia Purnell 2 Books Collection Set by Sonia Purnell 4.40 avg rating — 20 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pedal Power: How Boris Johnson Failed London's Cyclists 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ambassador it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Valor rarely reaps the dividends it should.”
― Sonia Purnell, A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II

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“It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls. —Robert F. Kennedy”
― Sonia Purnell, A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II

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“She gambled again and again with her own life, not out of a fervent nationalism for her own country, but out of love and respect for the freedoms of another.”
― Sonia Purnell, A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II

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Which nonfiction work would you like to read with our group during December and January? All our books are in accessible formats. Please vote here, and good luck!

A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell

49 votes, 32.0%

The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin

40 votes, 26.1%

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe

27 votes, 17.6%

Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport

17 votes, 11.1%

The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig

13 votes, 8.5%

The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life by Tom Reiss

7 votes, 4.6%

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