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Our American friend : a novel / Anna Pitoniak.
"Our American Friend is a propulsive Cold War era spy thriller crossed with a fictional biography of a First Lady. Spanning from the 1970s to the present day, traveling from Moscow and Paris to Washington and New York, Anna Pitoniak's novel is a gripping page-turner about power and complicity and how sometimes, the fate of the world is in the hands of the people you'd never expect"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781982158804 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 325 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2022.
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| Subject: | Cold War > Fiction. Presidents' spouses > Fiction. Spies > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Political ficition. Spy ficition. Thrillers (Fiction) |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Piton | 31681010276020 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
When mysterious First Lady Lara Caine asks her to write her official biography, former White House correspondent Sofie Morse is wary when Lara starts sharing sensitive information, which draws her into a game of cat-and-mouse with explosive consequences. 100,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
"Our American Friend is a propulsive Cold War era spy thriller crossed with a fictional biography of a First Lady. Spanning from the 1970s to the present day, traveling from Moscow and Paris to Washington and New York, Anna Pitoniak's novel is a grippingpage-turner about power and complicity and how sometimes, the fate of the world is in the hands of the people you'd never expect"-- - Simon and Schuster
A globe-spanning thriller of love and betrayal about a mysterious first lady with an explosive secret.
Paris, 1974. Lara Orlov and her family arrive from Moscow at the height of the Cold War, thanks to her fatherâs position as a diplomat. The years pass, and Lara becomes more and more enamored with the City of Lights. As a teenager in Paris, she falls deeply in love with a fellow Russian expat: the passionate, intellectual Sasha, who opens her eyes to the ills of the Soviet Union.
Decades later and across the globe, journalist Sofie Morse is taking some much-needed time off after several chaotic years covering Washington politics. But when she gets a call from the office of First Lady Lara Caine, her curiosity is piqued. Sofie, like the rest of the world, knows little about Laraâonly that she was born in Soviet Russia and raised in Paris before marrying Henry Caine, the brash future president.
After decades of silence, Lara is finally ready to speak candidly about her past: about her fatherâs work for the KGB and about her ill-fated relationship with Sashaâwhich may be long in the past, but which could have explosive ramifications for the future. As Sofie begins to write Laraâs biography, she canât help but wonder: Why is Lara revealing such sensitive information? And why now? Caught in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse, both Lara and Sofie must ask themselves what really mattersâand confront their own power to upend the global political order.
