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Jun 12 • General & miscellaneous
What are you reading this weekend?
I've almost finished The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott, and I'm really enjoying it!
I've intended to read Doctor Zhivago for years — it's been sitting on my shelf for quite a few — and this book has moved it up the TBR. I didn't actually know it was politically so important.
Here's the publisher's description of Prescott's novel:
At the height of the Cold War, Irina, a young Russian-American secretary, is plucked from the CIA typing pool and given the assignment of a lifetime. Her mission: to help smuggle Doctor Zhivago into the USSR, where it is banned, and enable Boris Pasternak’s magnum opus to make its way into print around the world. Mentoring Irina is the glamorous Sally Forrester: a seasoned spy who has honed her gift for deceit, using her magnetism and charm to pry secrets out of powerful men. Under Sally’s tutelage, Irina learns how to invisibly ferry classified documents—and discovers deeply buried truths about herself.
What about you? What do you have on tap this weekend? (And have you read Doctor Zhivago?)
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What are you reading this weekend?
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