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Discuss a popular book based on monthly themes or popular vote by attendees.
Based on the life of a very real, very incredible American icon.
Alice Marble strives to have it all. She tirelessly works to be a #1 tennis champion while maintaining a growing career trajectory, editing the Wonder Woman comic. She enjoys her hard-earned success with her loving husband, steadfast coach, and dear friends, many of whom are famous and well-connected.
But then her world falls apart. Alice's life begins to unravel when she receives a telegram informing her that her husband has been killed in action in the war in Germany. Heartbroken, she feels like she can only watch as the war wreaks havoc in every area of her life.
Until an unexpected invitation arrives, Alice is prompted to take action when the US Army sends her a request: Under the guise of playing in tennis exhibition games in Switzerland, she would be a spy for them. And Alice aches for nothing more than to avenge her husband's death. What awaits her might be her greatest challenge yet.
*Thompson Book Club meets every 3rd Thursday unless otherwise notified. *
Copies of the title are available to keep at the Thompson Library.
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