Notes from a Reading Journal: "The Alice Network," by Kate Quinn.
P. 85: "Lili," Eve asked impulsively. Are you ever afraid? Lili turned, rain dripping off the edge of her umbrella in a silver curtain between her and Eve. "Yes, just like everybody else. But only after the damage is done - before that, fear is an indulgence."
P. 298: "They cannot find me, I'm a handful of water, running everywhere."
P. 423: "I'll go on working until I can't anymore. Then I suppose I'll die. Retirement kills people like us, Eve. It's how we die if the bullets don't get there first. Bullets, boredom, or brandy - that's how people like us go, because God knows we aren't made for peace."
An engrossing tale of female friendships, loss and love, and espionage during the Great War. My only complaint is that the book was at times a bit too brutal (but it is about war after all). The story is made even better once you appreciate that the spies of the Alice Network were real.
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