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A woman of intelligence / by Karin Tanabe.

Tanabe, Karin, (author.).

Summary:
"A Fifth Avenue address, parties at the Plaza, two healthy sons, and the ideal husband: what looks like a perfect life for Katharina Edgeworth is anything but. It's 1954, and the post-war American dream has become a nightmare. A born and bred New Yorker, Katharina is the daughter of immigrants, Ivy-League-educated, and speaks four languages. As a single girl in 1940s Manhattan, she is a translator at the newly formed United Nations, devoting her days to her work and the promise of world peace--and her nights to cocktails and the promise of a good time. Now the wife of a beloved pediatric surgeon and heir to a shipping fortune, Katharina is trapped in a gilded cage, desperate to escape the constraints of domesticity. So when she is approached by the FBI and asked to join their ranks as an informant, Katharina seizes the opportunity. A man from her past has become a high-level Soviet spy, but no one has been able to infiltrate his circle. Enter Katharina, the perfect woman for the job. Navigating the demands of the FBI and the secrets of the KGB, she becomes a courier, carrying stolen government documents from D.C. to Manhattan. But as those closest to her lose their covers, and their lives, Katharina's secret soon threatens to ruin her. With the fast-paced twists of a classic spy thriller, and a nuanced depiction of female experience, A Woman of Intelligence shimmers with intrigue and desire"--

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781432892067
  • ISBN: 1432892061
  • Physical Description: 587 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
  • Edition: Large print edition.
  • Publisher: Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2021.
Subject: United Nations > Fiction.
Translators > Fiction.
Intelligence officers > Fiction.
Conspiracies > Fiction.
Secrecy > Fiction.
Women > United States > Social conditions > Fiction.
Spy stories.
Large type books.
Genre: Thrillers (Fiction)
Historical fiction.
Suspense fiction.

Available copies

  • 8 of 8 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 8 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Ellwood City Area Public Library LT F Tanabe (Text)
Memorial: Helen M. Fiori given by Michael & Diane (Greenberg) Kane.
32102000888590 ECAM Fiction Large-Print Available -
Everett Free Library LP F TAN (Text)
Bookplate: Presented in memory of Carol McIntyre by Donald & Shelby Black
15537000141166 Adult Large Print Available -
Green Free Library (Wellsboro) LP TAN (Text) 91081982 GFWM Main Room Available -
Joseph & Elizabeth Shaw Public Library LP FIC TANABE (Text) 39636100435987 Large Print Fiction Available -
Williamsburg Public Library LGPR FIC TAN (Text) 110WIL0068037B Adult Large Print Fiction Available -
Wyomissing Public Library LP TAN (Text) 35012009000214 Large Print Available -
Allentown Public Library TANABE, KARIN (Text) 34455006841296 Large Print Available -
Smithfield Branch L.P. F TAN (Text) 32378005063880 Adult New Large Print Available -


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