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    Audiobook10 hours

    The Secrets We Kept: A Novel

    Written by Lara Prescott

    Narrated by Carlotta Brentan, Cynthia Farrell, Mozhan Marno and Various Narrators

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    About this audiobook

    A thrilling tale of secretaries turned spies, of love and duty, and of sacrifice—inspired by the true story of the CIA plot to infiltrate the hearts and minds of Soviet Russia, not with propaganda, but with the greatest love story of the twentieth century: Doctor Zhivago.

    At the height of the Cold War, two secretaries are pulled out of the typing pool at the CIA and given the assignment of a lifetime. Their mission: to smuggle Doctor Zhivago out of the USSR, where no one dare publish it, and help Pasternak's magnum opus make its way into print around the world. Glamorous and sophisticated Sally Forrester is a seasoned spy who has honed her gift for deceit all over the world—using her magnetism and charm to pry secrets out of powerful men. Irina is a complete novice, and under Sally's tutelage quickly learns how to blend in, make drops, and invisibly ferry classified documents.

    The Secrets We Kept combines a legendary literary love story—the decades-long affair between Pasternak and his mistress and muse, Olga Ivinskaya, who was sent to the Gulag and inspired Zhivago's heroine, Lara—with a narrative about two women empowered to lead lives of extraordinary intrigue and risk. From Pasternak's country estate outside Moscow to the brutalities of the Gulag, from Washington, D.C. to Paris and Milan, The Secrets We Kept captures a watershed moment in the history of literature—told with soaring emotional intensity and captivating historical detail. And at the center of this unforgettable debut is the powerful belief that a piece of art can change the world.

    This audiobook features performances by Mozhan Marno as Olga, Carlotta Brentan as Irina, Cynthia Farrell as Sally, Saskia Maarleveld as The Typists, Jonathan Davis as Boris, David Pittu as Sergio, and James Fouhey as Teddy.

    Editor's Note

    Book club pick…

    Reese Witherspoon selected this debut novel as her September 2019 book club pick. “Set during the Cold War, it tells the story of secretaries turned spies who are tasked with smuggling ‘Doctor Zhivago’ out of the USSR and into the hands of Russian citizens. You’ll get to know Sally and Irina, two spies who risk it all for love and adventure,” Witherspoon wrote on the club’s website.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateSep 3, 2019
    ISBN9781984885920
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    • 3/5
      Me gusto pero no me encanto. El ritmo del arranque me costo un monton, aunque despues adquiere mucho mas dinamica y mejora. Tiene algunas cositas un poco sorprendentes, pero la verdad es que las historias de amor a la manera tradicional no son tan atractivas para mi, algunas cositas incluso me molestan un poco. Se que esta basado en personas reales, y me informe sobre cual fue la historia, pero aun asi, lejos de fascinarme.
    • 4/5
      The book was very interesting, and you had to pay attention to it. There was many different storylines and times of history.