Picked by Sarah - November 18th 2020 Meeting
1946,
Manhattan
One morning while passing through Grand Central Terminal on her way to work,
Grace Healey finds an abandoned suitcase tucked beneath a bench. Unable to
resist her own curiosity, Grace opens the suitcase, where she discovers a dozen
photographs—each of a different woman. In a moment of impulse, Grace takes the
photographs and quickly leaves the station.
Grace soon learns that the suitcase belonged to a woman named Eleanor Trigg,
leader of a network of female secret agents who were deployed out of London
during the war. Twelve of these women were sent to Occupied Europe as couriers
and radio operators to aid the resistance, but they never returned home, their
fates a mystery. Setting out to learn the truth behind the women in the
photographs, Grace finds herself drawn to a young mother turned agent named
Marie, whose daring mission overseas reveals a remarkable story of friendship,
valor and betrayal.
