elliott holt

It’s about friendship and loss, allegiance and betrayal, propaganda and advertising, fear and courage, the Cold War, secrets and surveillance, history—both personal and cultural, growing up female, identity and self, and the stories we humans tell ourselves in order to cope. (I’m paraphrasing Joan Didion’s brilliant line, “We tell ourselves stories in order to live.”) For a plot description, you can read about the novel on any bookstore website. Thanks!