{"product_id":"red-joan-9781609452049","title":"Red Joan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInspired by the true story of a female spy, this is \"an infectious page-turner, as crafty and nuanced and impassioned as any classic thriller\" (\u003ci\u003eThe National\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired by the true story of Melita Norwood, unmasked as the KGB's longest-serving British spy in 1999, at age eighty-seven, \u003cem\u003eRed Joan\u003c\/em\u003e centers on the deeply conflicted life of a young physicist during the Second World War.Talented and impressionable, Cambridge undergraduate Joan Stanley befriends the worldly Sonya, whose daring history is at odds with Joan's provincial upbringing. Joan also feels a growing attraction toward Leo, Sonya's mysterious and charismatic cousin. Sonya and Leo, known communist sympathizers with ties to Russia and Germany, interpret wartime loyalty in ways Joan can only begin to fathom.As nations throughout the continent fall to fascism, Joan is enlisted into an urgent project that will change the course of the war--and the world--forever. Risking both career and conscience, leaking information to the Soviets while struggling to maintain her own semblance of morality, Joan is caught at a crossroads in which all paths lead to the same endgame: the deployment of the atomic bomb.Life during wartime, however, is often ambiguous, and when--decades later--MI5 agents appear at her doorstep, Joan must reaffirm the cost of the choices she made and face the cold truth: our deepest secrets have a way of dragging down those we love most.\u003cbr\u003eThe basis of the film starring Judi Dench and Sophie Cookson, this is \"a brilliant spy novel, with  a] deft, involving plot . . . Tense, beautifully pitched, and very moving\" (\u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Europa Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609452049\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.30w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/05\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2014 pg. 83\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/27\/2014 pg. 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/21\/2014 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jennie Rooney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36661873868956,"sku":"9781609452049","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f8d6e423-ca14-47c6-ae70-d00b29b8e202.jpg?v=1603900475","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/red-joan-9781609452049","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}