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The secrets we kept, a novel, Lara Prescott

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The secrets we kept

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Lara Prescott

a novel

"Sally and Irina, two brilliant secretaries in the CIA's typing pool who become spies at the height of the Cold War; and Olga, Boris Pasternak's mistress and muse, who was sent to the Gulag for refusing to divulge the plot of his novel Doctor Zhivago to Soviet agents, and who remained his mistress until the day he died. The Secrets We Kept is based on the true story of the CIA's clandestine attempt to smuggle Pasternak's banned masterpiece behind the Iron Curtain -- a mission grounded in the tantalizing belief that a work of art can pierce through a web of lies, and that a book has the power to change the world. Glamorous, sophisticated Sally Forrester has honed her gift for deceit all over the world, using her magnetism and charm to pry secrets out of powerful men. Sally is tasked with training Irina, the newest member of the typing pool and her polar opposite. During the day, she takes dictation, transcribes notes, and remains silent during the agency's all male meetings. Under Sally's tutelage, she quickly discovers a hidden power and purpose, learning how to take a package from a passerby on K Street during rush hour and keep walking without looking back, how to slip a piece of paper into the pocket of a man sitting next to her at a bar, and how to ferry classified documents all over Washington, D.C. Together, Sally and Irina will covertly change the course of American history, all while remaining invisible."--, Provided by publisher

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