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Ace, Marvel, Spy
Ace, Marvel, Spy: A Novel of Alice Marble | Jenni L Walsh
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Based on the life of a very real, very incredible American icon. Alice Marble strives to have it all. Alice tirelessly works her way up to be a #1 tennis champion, all while maintaining a growing career trajectory editing the Wonder Women comic. She enjoys her hard-earned success with her loving husband, her steadfast coach, and her dear friendsmany of whom are famous and well-connected. But then her world falls apart. Alice's life begins to unravel when she receives a telegram informing her that her husband has been killed in action in the war in Germany. Heartbroken, she feels like she can only watch as the war wreaks havoc in every area of her life. Until an unexpected invitation arrives. Alice is prompted to action when the US Army sends her a request: Under the guise of playing in tennis exhibition games in Switzerland, she would be a spy for them. And Alice aches for nothing more than to avenge her husband's death. What awaits her might be her greatest challenge yet.
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I love a book about a real person and this one is very good! https://reecaspieces.com/2024/11/29/ace-marvel-spy-a-novel-of-alice-marble-by-je...

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ACE, MARVEL, SPY is a love story, a comeback story, a vengeance story, a story Billie Jean King calls "a smashing success", a story for fans of Kate Quinn and Taylor Jenkins Reid, a story inspired by a truly incredible real woman, Alice Marble:

#1 tennis player of the 1930s
✍️ Editor for the Wonder Women comic series
?️ American spy during WWII

A giveaway too - head over to Jenni‘s Instagram post - https://tinyurl.com/2bjpy6sf