Our Woman in Moscow Summary
Beatriz Williams

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Our Woman in Moscow Overview

Beatriz Williams's book, Our Lady in Moscow, is a historical fiction novel about an American double agent and defector to the Soviet Union and his family. In this novel, his wife and her sister attempt to extract the family from the Soviet Union while bringing with them vital classified information. It is told from the perspectives of multiple characters and is told from both the first person and the third person point of view and is told in parts in the present tense and in other parts in the past tense. Major themes include the head versus the heart, the deceptive nature of appearances, the many over the few, loyalty, and the importance of family.

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