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Book Review of The Alice Network

The Alice Network
The Alice Network
Author: Kate Quinn
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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One of the best HF books I've read in a long time. Told in alternating chapters the stories of Eve and Charlie (Charlotte) in 1915 and 1947. In 1915 Eve is a spy during WWI in France, part of the famed (and historically true) Alice Network. Charlie meets her in 1947 when she is searching for her French cousin who has been lost since WWII. They are both broken and hurting in different but similar ways - Eve is broken after her experiences in the war with grotesque deformed hands broken during interrogation and is now an old angry drunk; Charlie has become a "loose" sorority girl following the suicide of her brother and loss of her cousin. Together, along with a driver Finn who has his own set of issues, they take off on an adventure to revenge old wrongs and set things to right. A historical Thelma and Louise. Great characters, great story, great ending.