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Shining through

A legal secretary is in love with her boss who won't take a second look at her, a German-Jewish girl from Queens.

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  • "Shining through"@pl
  • "Shining Through"@it
  • "Notre espionne à Berlin"

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  • "A legal secretary is in love with her boss who won't take a second look at her, a German-Jewish girl from Queens."@en
  • "It's 1940 and Linda Voss, legal secretary extraordinaire, has a secret. She's head over heels in love with her boss, John Berringer, the pride of the Ivy League. Not that she even has a chance--he'd never take a second look at a German-Jewish girl from Queens who spends her time taking care of her faded beauty of a mother and following bulletins on the war in Europe. For Linda, though, the war will soon become all too real. Engulfing her nation and her life, it will offer opportunities she's never dreamed of. A chance to win the man she wants...a chance to find the love she deserves. Made into the movie of the same name starring Melanie Griffith, Michael Douglas, and Liam Neeson, Shining Through is a novel of honor, sacrifice, passion, and humor. This is vintage Susan Isaacs, a tale of a spirited woman who wisecracks her way into heroism and history--and into your heart."@en
  • "A secretary in New York during WWII, Linda realizes her dreams when her boss leaves his wife and marries her. Soon Linda finds her marriage faltering, but the plot takes a melodramatic turn when she volunteers as a spy and goes to Berlin."@en
  • "Als spionne in Berlijn tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog beleeft een Amerikaanse secretaresse romantische avonturen."
  • "This is a smooth blend of romantic fiction and spy thriller ... a Cinderella story with a contemporary twist. Linda Voss is a 31-year-old secretary to the dreamiest looking man on Wall Street, international lawyer John Berringer, with whom she is secretly and hopelessly in love: she is a poor girl from Queens, and he boasts an Ivy League background along with his perfect profile. When circumstances lead to their unlikely marriage, however, sexual fireworks keep them together. As World War II engulfs Europe, the Berringers move to Washington, where both become involved in undercover work for the COI, soon to become the OSS. Heartbreak, plus a feeling of kinship for the victims of Nazism, leads Linda, whose childhood was spent in a German-speaking household, to volunteer for a dangerous mission in Berlin. There, events tumble her into heroic action. Isaacs's depiction of daily life in wartime Germany rings with accurate detail, as does her picture of the American espionage organization and of the psychological orientation of the people who made up its ranks. (From Publisher's Weekly review)."
  • "It's 1940 and Linda Voss, legal secretary extraordinaire, has a secret. She's head over heels in love with her boss, John Berringer, the pride of the Ivy League. Not that she even has a chance, he'd never take a second look at a German-Jewish girl from Queens who spends her time taking care of her faded beauty of a mother and following bulletins on the war in Europe. For Linda, though, the war will soon become all too real. Engulfing her nation and her life, it will offer opportunities she's never dreamed of. A chance to win the man she wants a chance to find the love she deserves."@en
  • "Linda Voss is a secretary on Wall Street until she joins the war effort as a spy. Linda penetrates the heart of Nazi terror and carries out one of the war's most dangerous missions. This ordinary working girl emerges triumphant from the ruins of the Second World War as a woman of valor, a genuine hero."
  • "Abridged."
  • "The saga of an average American girl who is transformed into an extraordinary woman of action and courage."
  • "During World War II a secretary from Queens convinces her boss, a Colonel in American intelligence, to let her go undercover behind enemy lines in Germany."@en

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  • "Powieść amerykańska"@pl
  • "Romantic suspense novels"
  • "Spy stories"
  • "Spy stories"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Romantic suspense fiction"
  • "Romantic suspense fiction"@en
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "History"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en

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  • "Shining through / S"
  • "Vaar kvinna i Berlin"
  • "Un Destello en la oscuridad"
  • "Une lueur dans la nuit : notre espionne à Berlin"
  • "Une lueur dans la nuit"
  • "Il nome di una donna"
  • "Il nome di una donna"@it
  • "Wie ein Licht in dunkler Nacht oder die Frau im Schatten Roman"
  • "Vår kvinna i Berlin"@sv
  • "Shining through"
  • "Shining through"@en
  • "Nome di una donna"
  • "Shining through. Large print"
  • "Un resplandor en la oscuridad"
  • "Resplandor en la oscuridad"@es
  • "Resplandor en la oscuridad"
  • "Wie ein Licht in dunkler Nacht, oder, Die Frau im Schatten : Roman"
  • "De glimlach die zij achterliet"
  • "Rakkauden voima"@fi
  • "Shining throug"
  • "Wie ein Licht in dunkler Nacht : Roman"
  • "Shining Through"
  • "Valo yössä"@fi
  • "Światło w mroku"@pl
  • "Światło w mroku"
  • "Wie ein Licht in dunkler Nacht Roman"
  • "Nitsots ba-afelah"
  • "Un destello en la oscuridad"@es
  • "Un destello en la oscuridad"

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