Our American friend : a novel / Anna Pitoniak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pitoniak, Anna, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cold War--Fiction.

Cold War.

Espionage, Russian.

Presidents' spouses.

United States.

Presidents' spouses--United States--Fiction.

Women journalists--Fiction.

Women journalists.

Biographers--Fiction.

Biographers.

Espionage, Russian--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Thrillers (Fiction)

Suspense fiction.

Spy fiction.

Historical fiction.

Physical Description:

325 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2022.

Summary:

"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.

Tired of covering the dysfunction of Washington and the antics of President Henry Caine, White House correspondent Sofie Morse plans to leave politics behind. Then she gets a call from the office of First Lady Lara Caine, asking Sofie to come in for a private meeting. Lara was born in Soviet Russia, raised in Paris, and worked as a model before moving to America and marrying the notoriously brash future president. When Lara asks Sofie to write her official biography, Sofie slowly develops a surprising friendship with her. Lara doesn't hesitate to speak about her father's work as an undercover KGB officer in Paris, or her family working undercover during the Cold War. Suddenly Sofie is in the middle of a game of cat and mouse that could have explosive ramifications. -- adapted from jacket

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Green fund bookplate.

Other Format:

Online version: Pitoniak, Anna, Our American friend

ISBN:

9781982158804

1982158808

OCLC:

1243908302