That Stranger Next Door
Published on 1. November 2014
190 pages
978-0-9924924-4-1 (ISBN)
Description
In 1954, Melbourne is still reeling from WWII; the Cold War sees suspicions running high and the threat of communism and spies hide in every shadow.
Jewish schoolgirl, Ruth, is trying to navigate her own path, despite her strict upbringing and the past that haunts her family.
It's a path that she wishes could include her first love, Patrick, but the rich Catholic boy is strictly off limits.
When a mysterious woman moves in next door in the dead of night, Ruth is convinced she is none other than Eva or Evdokia Petrov, a Soviet spy and wife of the infamous Russian defector, Vladimir Petrov.
Could Ruth's unlikely new friend really be the most sought-after woman in Australia?
Will Ruth's own clandestine meetings with Patrick be discovered?
How does the Petrov Affair, as it became known, impact the life of one ordinary girl and her family?
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Content
- Intro
- BLURB
- CHAPTER 1
- MELBOURNEAPRIL, 1954
- CHAPTER 2
- CHAPTER 3
- CHAPTER 4
- CHAPTER 5
- CHAPTER 6
- CHAPTER 7
- CHAPTER 8
- CHAPTER 9
- CHAPTER 10
- CHAPTER 11
- CHAPTER 12
- CHAPTER 13
- CHAPTER 14
- CHAPTER 15
- CHAPTER 16
- CHAPTER 17
- CHAPTER 18
- CHAPTER 19
- CHAPTER 20
- CHAPTER 21
- CHAPTER 22
- CHAPTER 23
- CHAPTER 24
- CHAPTER 25
- CHAPTER 26
- CHAPTER 27
- MELBOURNE14 years later
- GOLDIE ALEXANDER
