04280cam a2200841 i 4500 801841746 TxAuBib 20230512120000.0 230223s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022279391 9780062943514 hardcover 0062943510 hardcover TxAuBib rda Quinn, Kate,. The diamond eye : a novel / Kate Quinn. First edition. New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022] ©2022. 435 pages : illustrations, color map ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier cri rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Map printed on end papers. Includes bibliographical references (pages 434-435). "The New York Times 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"-- Provided by publisher. 20230512. Pavlychenko, Li︠u︡dmyla Mykhaĭlivna, 1916-1974 Fiction. Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 Fiction. Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 Fiction. Pavlychenko, Li︠u︡dmyla Mykhaĭlivna, 1916-1974. Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962. Pavlychenko, L︠i︡udmyla Mykhaĭlivna, 1916-1974 Fiction. 1939-1945. World War, 1939-1945 Soviet Union Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 Fiction. Snipers Fiction. Women soldiers Fiction. Librarians Russia Fiction. Tireurs isolés Romans, nouvelles, etc. Femmes militaires Romans, nouvelles, etc. Bibliothécaires Russie Romans, nouvelles, etc. FICTION / Historical / World War II. FICTION / War & Military. FICTION / Women. Librarians. Snipers. Women soldiers. Spy stories. War stories. Romans. Soviet Union History 1925-1953 Fiction. Russia. Soviet Union. Russia History 1917-1991, Soviet Union Fiction. Historical fiction. War fiction. Biographical fiction. Spy fiction. Fictional Work. Biographical fiction. Fiction. Historical fiction. Novels. Spy fiction. War fiction. Novels.