![]() ![]() With a nod to irony, Ruth teaches people to blend into their surroundings. Her adventures occur vicariously, through the lives of the foreign students who study with her. Saddled with Jochen, her inquisitive son, she teaches English as a Second Language. Can any young woman resist James Bond? Ruth leads a far less glamorous life. ![]() Boyd has obviously read a few espionage novels. Still, for all her talent, she finds herself attracted to her secretive boss. ![]() Propaganda is Eva’s stock in trade, and she has a knack for it. Recruited by the swarthy and mysterious Lucas Romer, Eva is trained in spycraft and joins Romer’s team, specializing in disinformation. Not surprisingly, as the elder Gilmartin finds herself swept into a world on the brink of war in 1939. Boyd ( Any Human Heart, 2003, etc.) seems more eager to tell Eva’s story than Ruth’s. Eva hands Sally a manuscript of her story, abruptly launching the duo and the reader into the past. On a visit to Grandma’s, Ruth’s mother, Sally, informs her that her real name is Eva Delectorskaya, and that she was an agent of British Intelligence during World War II. Ruth Gilmartin is a single mother of one in 1976 England. Atmospheric novel about an older woman whose past career as a WWII spy has come back to haunt her. ![]()
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