![]() ![]() Some time later, a mysterious woman named Isabelle approaches their mother and recruits the two girls to spy on the Germans. Back in 1914, in Belgium, 10-year-old Elinor, youngest daughter of a Belgian father and English mother, tries to catch a boat to England along with her mother and sister, Cecily, before the German advance, but they're too late and return to their home, now under occupation. In interspersed chapters we learn about the background that Elinor keeps to herself: She was a spy during both world wars. ![]() Jim comes from a family of notorious London gangsters, and when they want him to return to the fold, they'll resort to violence to convince him. A farmworkers's cottage nearby is home to the Mackie family: Jim, Rose, and little Susie, who befriends the wary Elinor. In 1947, Elinor White lives in a village in Kent in a grace-and-favor house, rewarded for her service to the crown, and keeps her own counsel. A poignant story of courage, misogyny, and misused power. ![]()
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