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by Lara Prescott (Goodreads Author)

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Should I read Doctor Zhivago before I read this?

Lara Prescott I agree with Sherry! It is a masterpiece. But if you haven't read Zhivago, you won't be lost or lacking at all while reading The Secrets We Kept. …moreI agree with Sherry! It is a masterpiece. But if you haven't read Zhivago, you won't be lost or lacking at all while reading The Secrets We Kept. (less)

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Can anyone please transcribe the author's notes section with all of the recommended books? I listened to the audio version and sadly, this was not included. Thank you!

Daisy Peter Finn and Petra Couvée's The Zhivago Affair
Olga Invinskaya's A Captive of Time
Sergio D'Angelo's The Pasternak Affair
Elizabeth Peet McIntosh's Sis…morePeter Finn and Petra Couvée's The Zhivago Affair
Olga Invinskaya's A Captive of Time
Sergio D'Angelo's The Pasternak Affair
Elizabeth Peet McIntosh's Sisterhood of Spies
David K. Johnson's The Lavender Scare

Inside the Zhivago Storm and Zhivago's Secret Journey by Paolo Mancosu
Legacy of Ashes by Tim Weiner
The Agency by John Ranelagh
The Cultural Cold War by Frances Stonor Saunders
The Georgetown Set by Gregg Herken
The Very Best Men by Evan Thomas
Hot Books in the Cold War by Alfred A. Reisch
The Spy and his CIA Brat by Carol Cini
Finks by Joel Whitney
Washington Confidential by Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer
Expo 58 by Jonathan Coe
Feltrinelli by Carlo Feltrinelli and Alastair McEwen
*Lara by Anna Pasternak*
Safe Conduct by Boris Pasternak
Boris Pasternak: The Tragic Years, 1930-60 by Evgeny Pasternak
Boris Pasternak: The Poet and His Politics by Lazar Fleischman
Boris Pasternak: A Literary Biography by Christopher Barnes
Boris Pasternak: Family Correspondence translated by Nicholas Pasternak Slater and Maya Slater
Fear and the Muse Kept Watch by Andy McSmith
The Nobel Prize by Yuri Krotkov
Inside the Soviet Writers' Union by Carol and John Garrard

(*I read this before The Secret We Kept and I loved it.)(less)

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Starting Chapter 5 and pretty confused by all the narrators. Will I get clarity soon?

Joan Yes- everything and everyone comes together. The book is amazing!!

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Why did Teddy punch out Henry? Did Sally tell Irina about the incident in the closet and Irina told Teddy? Did Teddy learn Henry was the mole - that line appears to have been dropped after the incident of Sally and Henry in the closet.

Dana I had this question too! My best guess is that Teddy blamed Henry for Sally leaving the Agency and he links that to Irina leaving him, but I’m not sur…moreI had this question too! My best guess is that Teddy blamed Henry for Sally leaving the Agency and he links that to Irina leaving him, but I’m not sure. I kept waiting for this to be explained and I don’t think it ever was. (less)

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