BOOK

The diamond eye : a novel

Quinn, Kate, author

2022

Overview

\"The New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code returns with an unforgettable World War II tale of a quiet bookworm who becomes history's deadliest female sniper. Based on a true story. In 1937 in the snowbound city of Kiev (now known as Kyiv), wry and bookish history student Mila Pavlichenko organizes her life around her library job and her young son--but Hitler's invasion of Ukraine and Russia sends her on a different path. Given a rifle and sent to join the fight, Mila must forge herself from studious girl to deadly sniper--a lethal hunter of Nazis known as Lady Death. When news of her three hundredth kill makes her a national heroine, Mila finds herself torn from the bloody battlefields of the eastern front and sent to America on a goodwill tour. Still reeling from war wounds and devastated by loss, Mila finds herself isolated and lonely in the glittering world of Washington, DC--until an unexpected friendship with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and an even more unexpected connection with a silent fellow sniper offer the possibility of happiness. But when an old enemy from Mila's past joins forces with a deadly new foe lurking in the shadows, Lady Death finds herself battling her own demons and enemy bullets in the deadliest duel of her life. Based on a true story, The Diamond Eye is a haunting novel of heroism born of desperation, of a mother who became a soldier, of a woman who found her place in the world and changed the course of history forever\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
• Subject: Pavlychenko, Li͡udmyla Mykhaĭlivna, 1916-1974 Fiction. / Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 Fiction. / Pavlychenko, Li͡udmyla Mykhaĭlivna, 1916-1974. / Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962. / Pavlychenko, L͡iudmyla Mykhaĭlivna, 1916-1974 Fiction. / World War (1939-1945) / Bibliothécaires Russie Romans, nouvelles, etc. / FICTION - Historical - World War II. / FICTION - War & Military. / FICTION - Women. / World War, 1939-1945 Soviet Union Fiction. / Snipers Fiction. / Librarians. / Snipers. / Women soldiers. / Women soldiers Fiction. / Librarians Russia Fiction. / World War, 1939-1945 Fiction. / War stories. / Spy stories. / Tireurs isolés Romans, nouvelles, etc. / Femmes militaires Romans, nouvelles, etc. / Soviet Union. / Russia History 1917-1991, Soviet Union Fiction. / Russia.
• ISBN: 9780062943514, 0062943510

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PS3617.U578 D53 2022	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE