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The Lipstick Bureau : a novel / Michelle Gable.
Van Pelt Library PS3607.A237 L57 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gable, Michelle, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Office of Strategic Services--Fiction.
- United States.
- World War, 1939-1945--Women--United States--Fiction.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Italy--Rome--Fiction.
- Women spies--Fiction.
- Women spies.
- Czechoslovak Americans--Fiction.
- Czechoslovak Americans.
- Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
- Man-woman relationships.
- United States. Office of Strategic Services--Officials and employees--Fiction.
- Americans--Italy--Rome--Fiction.
- Americans.
- Anti-Nazi propaganda--Fiction.
- Anti-Nazi propaganda.
- United States. Office of Strategic Services.
- Women.
- Employees.
- Italy--Rome.
- Genre:
- Historical fiction.
- War fiction
- Spy fiction
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Novels
- Spy fiction.
- War fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 427 pages ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Lipstick Bureau : a novel inspired by true World War II events
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Graydon House, [2022]
- Summary:
- "1944, Rome. Newlywed Niki Novotnà is recruited by a new American spy agency to establish a secret branch in Italy's capital. One of the OSS's few female operatives abroad and multilingual, she's tasked with crafting fake stories and distributing propaganda to lower the morale of enemy soldiers. Despite limited resources, Niki and a scrappy team of artists, forgers, and others--now nicknamed The Lipstick Bureau--find success, forming a bond amid the cobblestoned streets and storied villas of the newly liberated city. But her work is also a way to escape devastating truths about the family she left behind in Czechoslovakia and a future with her controlling American husband. As the war drags on and the pressure intensifies, Niki begins to question the rules she's been instructed to follow, and a colleague unexpectedly captures her heart. But one step out of line, one mistake, could mean life or death..."-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes reader's guide with discussion questions.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781525804908
- 1525804901
- 9781525811470
- 1525811479
- OCLC:
- 1338026856
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