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The Secret War of Julia Child
The Secret War of Julia Child | Diana Chambers
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Before she mastered the art of French cooking in midlife, Julia Child found herself working in the secrets trade in Asia during World War II, a journey that will delight both historical fiction fans and lovers of America's most beloved chef, revealing how the war made her into the icon we know now. Single, 6 foot 2, and thirty years old, Julia McWilliams took a job working for America's first espionage agency, years before cooking or Paris entered the picture. The Secret War of Julia Child traces Julia's transformation from ambitious Pasadena blue blood to Washington, DC file clerk, to head of General "Wild Bill" Donovan's secret File Registry as part of the Office of Strategic Services. The wartime journey takes her to the Far East, to Asia's remote frontlines of then-Ceylon, India, and China, where she finds purpose, adventure, self-knowledge - and love with mapmaker Paul Child. The spotlight has rarely shone on this fascinating period of time in the life of ("I'm not a spy") Julia Child, and this lyrical story allows us to explore the unlikely world of a woman in World War II spy station who has no idea of the impact she'll eventually impart.
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NikkiKey94
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I enjoyed this imagining of the early life of Julia Child. I could definitely have imagined that Julia experienced these things. I really liked the development and blossoming of Paul and Julia‘s relationship. It did take me a bit to get into but once it picked up I enjoyed it.

3.5 ⭐️

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Reecaspieces
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Interesting tale! A bit slow in places but I enjoyed it!

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Aims42
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I wanted to like this, I realllllllllly wanted to like this, but I just couldn‘t muster up the enthusiasm to keep going. I made it to page 91 before calling it quits. I hope if you have it on your TBR, you give it a shot, maybe I bailed too soon? Idk if my comment below is a true spoiler, but better safe than sorry. It actually might help you if you‘re on the fence #HailTheBail

Aims42 I wish there was more said about her time before going to India. It was literally like, “No, you can‘t go. Okay, you can go” and BOOM she‘s on the ship there. Give me more on her training!! 😩 3w
dabbe YES! #betterbooksahead 🙌🏻 3w
Aims42 @dabbe 🥰🥰🥰 3w
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Bookwormjillk I bailed on this one too. 3w
Aims42 @Bookwormjillk 😮‍💨😅 I‘m relieved to hear that! After deciding to bail I went to Goodreads and all the 1, 2 and 3 star reviews summed up my thoughts so I thought I made the right decision. It‘s such a shame, the premise sounded sooo good!! 3w
Bookwormjillk @Aims42 yes, I had been looking for a book about this for years and I was so excited to finally find one. But then 😴😴😴 3w
Aims42 @Bookwormjillk Yup, exactly! Snoozeville 💯 3w
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