She attended Boston University, where she earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Classical Voice. Kate Quinn is a native of southern California.
The Alice Network Information Meet the Author: Kate Quinn I recommend The Alice Network for fans of historical fiction who are looking for a plot-driven, page-turning, gripping, suspenseful, and engaging story about strong, independent women and a spy network.Ĭontent Warning: some violence, a brief torture scene All the drinking and smoking while pregnant was disturbing….but perhaps this was accepted in 1947? As with all historical fiction, I enjoyed the knowledge gained…in this case about female spies in WW1. Overall, though, I loved the active role of Eve in both storylines and that it was a gripping, suspenseful, and engaging page-turner featuring two courageous women. In my opinion, The Alice Network includes several gimmicky or coincidental similarities between Eve and Charlie and some less than smooth transitions between the two storylines. My reason for rating it moderate intensity is because there’s one section that’s difficult (emotionally) to read and I chose to skim over whereas, in more intense reads there are multiple sections that are difficult (emotionally) to read. I would categorize this story as moderate intensity as compared with other historical fiction selections (placed between intense reads such as Lilac Girls, T he Nightingale, Salt to the Sea, Underground Railroad, and Between Shades of Gray and lighter reads such as The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir and Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society). The Alice Network is receiving a lot of buzz (as evidenced by Amazon ratings of 4.7) and it’s currently on the must-read list of many readers who love a plot-driven, fast-paced story filled with drama, intrigue, and suspense. The Alice Network is a continued focus on female authors writing about strong female protagonists. In the present day, Charlie deals with a grieving and angry Eve and an unplanned pregnancy as they search for the truth in Eve’s past and the whereabouts of Charlie’s cousin, Rose. In this complex and multi-layered narrative, the reader learns about Eve’s backstory as a spy right under the enemies’ noses and Lili, the “Queen of Spies,” who manages the spy network. As present-day Eve and Charlie search for truth, the story alternates between two time periods (1915 and present-day 1947).
In this page-turner, a courageous female spy (Eve) who was recruited to work in the real-life Alice Network in France during World War l, and a young American college girl and socialite (Charlie) who is searching for her cousin after she disappeared in World War ll, join forces in 1947 to find revenge, redemption, truth, friendship, and a bit of romance.
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