The Lipstick Bureau: a novel
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"1944, Rome. Newlywed Niki Novotnà 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 others--now nicknamed The Lipstick Bureau--find 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..."--
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Anti-Nazi propaganda -- Fiction.
Czechoslovak Americans -- Fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
United States. -- Office of Strategic Services -- Fiction.
United States. -- Office of Strategic Services -- Officials and employees -- Fiction.
Women spies -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy -- Rome -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States -- Fiction.
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Gable, M. (2022). The Lipstick Bureau: a novel. Toronto, Ontario, Graydon House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Gable, Michelle. 2022. The Lipstick Bureau: A Novel. Toronto, Ontario, Graydon House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Gable, Michelle, The Lipstick Bureau: A Novel. Toronto, Ontario, Graydon House, 2022.
MLA Citation (style guide)Gable, Michelle. The Lipstick Bureau: A Novel. Toronto, Ontario, Graydon House, 2022.
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