Alix hasn’t had an easy life; her parents died when she was young. She’s left with her best friend Lily. They go to finishing school together, where Alix’s language skills put her on the US Government’s radar. When World War II hits, they ask her to travel to Europe and gather intelligence.
She’s sent to work with a man who believes she’s nothing more than a glorified secretary. But soon, Alix has a network of spies in Italy. Those spies use guerilla warfare tactics on the enemies. But one source of intelligence feeds Alix false information. Her team dies and Alex can barely live with herself because of the guilt.
Three years after the war ends, she’s desperately trying to move on from her life. She handles PR for the fashion house of Christian Dior. While life isn’t the same, Paris is trying to recover life before the war changed everything. Just as Alix is about to become a triumph, her past rears its ugly head.
THE THREE LIVES OF ALIX ST. PIERRE by Natasha Lester weaves together the three timelines: before, during, and after the war. The timelines hint at many secrets that slowly come to light. Set against the fashion world of Paris, Alix brushes shoulders with some famous people. Even though this book is long, the pages fly by to uncover all the secrets and read through all the drama. There’s so much packed into this engaging historical fiction novel. THE THREE LIVES OF ALIX ST. PIERRE is about friendship and love as well as loss, guilt, revenge, and the need for justice. Above all, there’s hope.
An unforgettable and “fascinating tale” of an orphan turned WWII spy turned fashion icon in Paris (Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond Eye). Alix St. Pierre. An unforgettable name for an unforgettable woman. She grew up surrounded by Hollywood glamor, but, as an orphan, never truly felt part of that world. In 1943, with WWII raging and men headed overseas to fight, she lands a publicity job to recruit women into the workforce. Her skills—persuasion, daring, quick-witted under pressure—catch the attention of the U.S. government and she finds herself with an even bigger assignment: sent to Switzerland as a spy. Soon Alix is on the precipice of something big, very big. But how far can she trust her German informant…?
After an Allied victory that didn’t come nearly soon enough, Alix moves to Paris, ready to immerse herself in a new position as director of publicity for the yet-to-be-launched House of Dior. In the glamorous halls of the French fashion house, she can nearly forget everything she lost and the dangerous secret she carries. But when a figure from the war reappears and threatens to destroy her future, Alix realizes that only she can right the wrongs of the past …and finally find justice.
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