SUMMARY: On a freezing January morning in 1961, eight-year-old Anna's mother disappears into the fog. That same morning, a spy case breaks in the news. Obsessed by stories of espionage, Anna's brother Peter begins to construct a theory that their mother, a refugee from eastern Germany, was an unde
The spy game a novel
β Scribed by Georgina Harding
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc;Bloomsbury USA
- Year
- 2010;2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 132 KB
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
SUMMARY:
On a freezing January morning in 1961, eight-year-old Anna's mother disappears into the fog. That same morning, a spy case breaks in the news. Obsessed by stories of espionage, Anna's brother Peter begins to construct a theory that their mother, a refugee from eastern Germany, was an undercover spy and might even still be alive. As life returns to normal, Anna struggles to sort fact from fantasy. Did her mother have a secret life? And how do you know who a person was once she is dead?
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
SUMMARY: On a freezing January morning in 1961, eight-year-old Anna's mother disappears into the fog. That same morning, a spy case breaks in the news. Obsessed by stories of espionage, Anna's brother Peter begins to construct a theory that their mother, a refugee from eastern Germany, was an underc
**A novel about one family trapped in the grand narratives of history. **On a freezing January morning in 1961, eight-year-old Annaβs mother disappears into the fog. A kiss that barely touches Annaβs cheek, a rumble of exhaust and a blurred wave through an icy windshield, and her mother is gone. L
When the Boxcar Children uncover a strange puzzle in a friend's backyard, it's just the beginning of the "spy game"--a search for clues leading to gold! The children must make sense of a mysterious old photo and a riddle. But soon the children begin to suspect that there's a mystery inside the myste