EAN: 9780063226142

THE DIAMOND EYE - KATE QUINN KARTONIERT (TB)

New York Times Bestseller The bestselling author of The Rose Code returns with an unforgettable
World War II tale of a quiet bookworm who becomes history's deadliest female sniper. Based on a
true story. In 1937 in the snowbound city of Kiev (now known as Kyiv)  wry and bookish history
student Mila Pavlichenko organizes her life around her library job and her young son?but
Hitler's invasion of Ukraine and Russia sends her on a different path. Given a rifle and sent
to join the fight  Mila must forge herself from studious girl to deadly sniper?a lethal hunter
of Nazis known as Lady Death. When news of her three hundredth kill makes her a national
heroine  Mila finds herself torn from the bloody battlefields of the eastern front and sent to
America on a goodwill tour. Still reeling from war wounds and devastated by loss  Mila finds
herself isolated and lonely in the glittering world of Washington  DC?until an unexpected
friendship with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and an even more unexpected connection with a
silent fellow sniper offer the possibility of happiness. But when an old enemy from Mila's past
joins forces with a deadly new foe lurking in the shadows  Lady Death finds herself battling
her own demons and enemy bullets in the deadliest duel of her life. Based on a true story  The
Diamond Eye is a haunting novel of heroism born of desperation  of a mother who became a
soldier  of a woman who found her place in the world and changed the course of history forever.

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