Jenoff, Pam 1950- creator author. text biography Historical fiction Detective and mystery stories -cn 2019 2019 monographic eng

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377 pages : 23 cm 1946, Manhattan. While passing through Grand Central Terminal on her way to work, Grace Healey finds an abandoned suitcase tucked beneath a bench. Unable to resist her own curiosity, she opens it to discover a dozen photographs, each of a different woman. Taking the photographs, Grace soon learns that the suitcase belonged to a woman named Eleanor Trigg, leader of a network of female secret agents of the SOE, who were deployed out of London in the 1940s during the war. Twelve of these women were sent to Occupied Europe as couriers and radio operators to aid the resistance, but they never returned home. Setting out to learn the truth behind the women in the photographs, Grace finds herself drawn to a young mother turned agent named Marie, whose daring mission overseas reveals a remarkable story of friendship, valor and betrayal. general PAM JENOFF Includes questions for discussion and an excerpt from "The orphan's tale". Includes bibliographical references (page 363). World War, 1939-1945 Women Fiction World War, 1939-1945 Underground movements Fiction World War, 1939-1945 Fiction 813.6 9780778330271 PPAK 191113 20191113110256.0 eng