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03140aam a2200613 4500 001 2044A962803411ED944134D030ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230913010647 008 221027s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 1525804901 020 $a 9781525804908 040 $d TxAuBib $d SILO 100 1 $a Gable, Michelle, $d 1974- 245 14 $a The Lipstick Bureau. 264 1 $a New York : $b Graydon House, $c 2022. 300 $a 368 pages ; $c 24 cm. 520 $a Inspired by a real-life female spy, a WWII-set novel about a woman challenging convention and boundaries to help win a war, no matter the cost. 1944, Rome. Newlywed Niki Novotná is recruited by a new American spy agency to establish a secret branch in Italy's capital. One of the OSS's few female operatives abroad and multilingual, she's tasked with crafting fake stories and distributing propaganda to lower the morale of enemy soldiers. Despite limited resources, Niki and a scrappy team of artists, forgers and othersânow nicknamed The Lipstick Bureauâfind success, forming a bond amid the cobblestoned streets and storied villas of the newly liberated city. But her work is also a way to escape devastating truths about the family she left behind in Czechoslovakia and a future with her controlling American husband. As the war drags on and the pressure intensifies, Niki begins to question the rules she's been instructed to follow, and a colleague unexpectedly captures her heart. But one step out of line, one mistake, could mean life or death⦠541 $d 20221115. 650 4 $a World War II, 1939-1945 $x Fiction. 650 4 $a World War II, 1939-1945 $x Women $v Fiction. 650 4 $a World War II, 1939-1945 $x Espionage $v Fiction. 651 $a United States $x Office of Strategic Services $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Espionage $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Historical Fiction $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Biographical Fiction. 941 $a 27 952 $l NCPC953 $d 20240116010427.0 952 $l JNPC081 $d 20231227013651.0 952 $l GFPE771 $d 20231206011601.0 952 $l NYPE343 $d 20230725010807.0 952 $l CMPE792 $d 20230629015250.0 952 $l DMPC403 $d 20230427010051.0 952 $l ZAPB232 $d 20230420010924.0 952 $l DYPD423 $d 20230404012244.0 952 $l WUPB305 $d 20230321011608.0 952 $l KJPF566 $d 20230317010609.0 952 $l WKPE185 $d 20230310012124.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20230302010327.0 952 $l BVPE851 $d 20230221010722.0 952 $l SVPC124 $d 20230216125823.0 952 $l GMPD771 $d 20230210025145.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20230207011740.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20230203010634.0 952 $l CYPF706 $d 20230203010120.0 952 $l ZLPD437 $d 20230123144800.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20230111010457.0 952 $l XBPE737 $d 20230104045100.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20230104013933.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20230104013430.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20230104011603.0 952 $l TFPI826 $d 20230104011506.0 952 $l ZVPB675 $d 20230103135801.0 952 $l HHPC765 $d 20221228010155.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2044A962803411ED944134D030ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search