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The Spy Game: A Novel (2009)

by Georgina Harding(Favorite Author)

3.15 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1596915897 (ISBN13: 9781596915893)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Bloomsbury USA

review 1: Beautifully written, evoking childhood in Cold War England. The story tells of how the children, Anna and Peter, try to make sense of their mother's sudden death or disappearance, their interpretations coloured by the spy scandals of the time. In later years, Anna returns to their mother's Eastern European home to try and find some trace of her, and connect with her past, but finds answers she didn't expect.
review 2: I really enjoyed this book. It was just beautifully & evocatively written. The characters were well painted & very believable, it was also very moving.It made me remember so many incidents from my own childhood & how believable fantasies can develop.It also illustrates very well the problems caused by adults not telling children the facts. A frien... mored of mine knew her Mother was ill when she was a child, but no one told her how ill she was & one day when she came home from school she wasn't there. There is a lot of truth in this book. less

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