I found this to be such an interesting and engaging story for many reasons. A friendship with the first lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, is a surprise to Mila but an even bigger surprise is learning that something sinister is afoot, and she may be the only one to stop it. Becoming one of the best snipers in the Army, known as Lady Death, Mila suffers highs and lows ultimately leading to her going on a goodwill tour of the America’s to rouse support to create a second front. Once there, Mila sees Hitler and his army attack her home and immediately enlists. Graduating with her marksmanship certificate, she is able to return to pursue her master’s and work towards her future as a historian. Knowing she must be both mother and father to her young son, she enrolls in a sharpshooting course to be able to afford protection if ever needed.

Mila Pavlichenko is a young mother, student, and party comrade who is striving to finally have her husband agree to a divorce so she can move on to the next phase of her life.

She is a master at taking a relatively unknown person, or event, in history and turning it into a truly captivating work of historical fiction.

Odds are you have even read some of her previous work such as The Alice Network or The Rose Code. It is highly likely, if you are a fan of historical fiction-or just good literature in general-that you have heard of Kate Quinn.

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