Description
Product ID: | 9780857305534 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Our American Friend |
Authors: | Author: Anna Pitoniak |
Page Count: | 320 |
Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime and mystery fiction, Espionage and spy thriller, Political / legal thriller, Crime & mystery, Espionage & spy thriller, Political / legal thriller |
Description: | Select Guide Rating 'Emily in Paris meets Scandal' (New York Times) in this propulsive Cold War-era political thriller as one intrepid journalist writes the official biography of the mysterious First Lady - uncovering secrets that could destroy them both.... Tired of covering the grating dysfunction of Washington and the increasingly outrageous antics of President Henry Caine, White House correspondent Sofie Morse quits her job and plans to leave politics behind. But when she gets a call from the office of First Lada Lara Caine, asking Sofie to come in for a private meeting with Lara, her curiosity is piqued. Sofie, like the rest of the world, knows little about Lara-only that Lara was born in Soviet Russia, raised in Paris, and worked as a model before moving to America and marrying the notoriously brash future president. When Lara asks Sofie to write her official biography, and to finally fill in the gaps of her history, Sofie''s curiosity gets the better of her. She begins to spend more and more time in the White House, slowing developing a bond with Laraand eventually a deep and surprising friendship with her. Even more surprising to Sofie is the fact that Lara is entirely candid about her mysterious past. The First Lady doesn''t hesita |
Imprint Name: | No Exit Press |
Publisher Name: | Bedford Square Publishers |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2023-06-29 |