A Covert Affair: Julia Child And Paul Child In The OSS (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
I hunted down this book in the spring after a long, long search.....and since then, have been reading away in spurts...and, what better day to finish it than a dull, rainy one - it was dull.I wanted and got not enough of the early days of Julia and Paul Child's life together. What I got was a lot of history and more writing about the people that surrounded Julia and Paul, than what I wanted, which was more about their very interesting love story.Sometimes, a book just ends up being disappointing. Quite an interesting look at the OSS during WWII and the insanity of the McCarthy Red Scare hearings. But the title is misleading - Julia and Paul Child are secondary characters in this story. This is actually the story of Jane Foster who served in the OSS in Asia during and after WWII, then was accused of being a communist and lived the rest of her life in exile in France. I love this look at strong women fighting convention and leading exciting lives.
What do You think about A Covert Affair: Julia Child And Paul Child In The OSS (2011)?
really should be story of Julia and Paul child's exciting and communist spy friend jane
—safaamine
Less about Julia and Paul Child and more about the McCarthy era.
—jkf63
