Kramers Book Club Picks - December
“Contrary to popular belief, female spies throughout history have traded not on their sexuality, but on their perceived insignificance.” —Liza Mundy, The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA
Fiction Choice:
What the Rivers Knows by Isabel Ibanez: In this historical fiction YA novel packed with magic and romance, Inez sets out on a journey to Cairo, with her new guardian and his handsome assistant, to find out what happened to her parents. Armed with a massive fortune and a magic golden ring, Inez sets out on a journey that will risk her life as ancient magic helps her uncover the truth.
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Nonfiction Choice:
The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA by Liza Mundy: The Central Intelligence Agency, created in the aftermath of WWII, relied on women for dead drops and maintain the agency's secrets--all while keeping women discriminated and forgotten to the sides. Being overlooked is what made these secretaries, clerks, or even unpaid spouses some of the best spies moving unnoticed through Geneva and Moscow stealing secrets right from the KGB's noses. Mundy takes readers on the history of how women moved the CIA into the modern intelligence age, and how silencing them made them dangerous.