The Bibliophiles discussion
This topic is about
The Alice Network
Book of the Month
>
July BOTM: The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
date
newest »
newest »
I heard her next book, The Huntress, is just as good!
Sounds amazing.
I really enjoyed the story - the audio version is fantastic! I liked how the two stories interlinked with one another. Occasionally, some of the dialogues and decisions the characters made were unconvincing. But overall, a great story and a good insight into parts of history I didn't know about, for example, Oradour-sur-Glane massacre etc.
Really enjoyed Alice Network and the strong female characters, also that is was based on a true story. History about a part of WWII that I knew nothing about.
Kim wrote: "I heard her next book, The Huntress, is just as good!"I read The Huntress and it was not as good as Alice Network, in my opinion.
Mod
Our winner for July's BOTM is The Alice Network by Kate Quinn! I have heard wonderful things about this story and I was lucky enough to snag a copy from my local library! Yay!
Here is the book description:
'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.'
Exciting stuff! Can't wait to see what you all think!!