The Lunar HousewifeAuthor :
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Published : Tuesday 11 July 2023
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A stylish and suspenseful historical page-turner following an up-and-coming journalist who stumbles onto a web of secrets, deceptions, and mysteries at a popular new literary magazine--inspired by the true story of CIA intervention in Cold War American arts and letters.
"Wonderfully entertaining and slyly subversive. Caroline Woods pens a story that will linger in the memory!" —Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network
Louise Leithausers star is on the rise. She’s filing stories at her boyfriend Joes new literary magazine and the novel shes writing is going swimmingly. But when she overhears Joe and his business partner fighting about listening devices and death threats, Louise cant help but investigate, and learns that someone is pulling Joe’s strings--someone who doesnt want artists criticizing Uncle Sam. Meanwhile, opportunities are falling in Louises lap that shed have to be crazy to refuse. Can Louise let doors keep opening for her, while the establishment censors her fellow writers? As her suspicions mount, Louises novel is colored by her newfound knowledge. And when she’s forced to consider her future sooner than she planned, Louise needs to decide whether she can trust Joe for the rest of her life.
Full of period detail and nail-biting tension, Caroline Woods channels 1950s New York glamour as Louise comes face to face with shocking secrets, brutal sexism, and life or death consequences. The Lunar Housewife is a historical thriller rich with meaning for modern readers.
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