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On a freezing January morning in 1961, eight-year-old Anna's mother disappears into the fog. That same morning, a spy case breaks in the news. Obsessed by stories of espionage, Anna's brother Peter begins to construct a theory that their mother, a refugee from eastern Germany, was an undercover spy and might even still be alive. As life returns to normal, Anna struggles to sort fact from fantasy. Did her mother have a secret life? And how do you know who a person was once she is dead?
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shellclifford
Does everyone finish a book once they start or do you give up when it is truly boring?? I am really struggling with The Spy Game but I keep trying cus i always think that no matter how boring it is it may suddeny twist into a brilliant story.
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Tabbytha commented:
I was interested to see your comment. It's funny isn't it. I too try really hard to finish once I've started. Not sure why, on principle perhaps! One that stands out in my memory, not sure how I forced myself to the end, was Dickens' Little Nell. Boy was I relieved when I finished it.
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Sharon Strutt commented:
But I just LOVE Dickens... The English old-fashioned language, the description of each character... and I love to think of each chapter being awaited across England and delivered on horseback!!
Have you ever read the classics The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley or Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett? They were also written in 'old English'. Wonderful stories!
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