There are resemblances to Virginia Woolf not only in the terrific prose but also in Helen Dunmore's awareness that much of family life lies in what is not said as much as in what is said. Whose members grow and change with a kind of fortitude rarely depicted in the modern novel. is one of those books that you read with your heart in your mouth, your mind fully engaged, and with a sense of desolation as you note the dwindling number of pages left before it comes to an end.' - Chicago Tribune ' created an unforgettable family whose ties are strong enough to endure what might have defeated most of us. Even the most ordinary elements of life-the lengths to which a mother will go to protect her children, meeting someone special, what remains unsaid within a marriage-become viscerally exciting.' - New Yorker ' takes the form of a spy novel but one that has been quietly and ingeniously deepened well beyond the ambitions of genre. a novel you won't be able to shake.' - Entertainment Weekly 'Dunmore's strategy, placing a triangle of past and present loves within a spy novel, yields an unexpected dividend.

'Much like a slick, shape-shifting spook, Exposure is many things at once-an espionage thriller, a forbidden-love story, an immigrant's tale-and it assumes these varied identities with confidence. What she will learn is that no one is immune from betrayal or the devastating consequences of exposure.

She believes that in doing so she is protecting her family. At the end of a suburban garden, in the pouring rain, Simon's wife, Lily, buries a briefcase containing the file deep in the earth. Two colleagues, Giles Holloway and Simon Callington, face a terrible dilemma over a missing top-secret file.

The Cold War is at its height, and a spy may be a friend or neighbor, colleague or lover. Her best book yet.'-Mavis Cheek Virtuoso storyteller Helen Dunmore returns with a thrilling Cold War espionage tale in which the closest ties are called into question and nobody is quite who they seem. I was totally caught up in the story which is paced perfectly. It's gripping and page turning and all those things you expect in a Spy Drama-but always laced with her trademark humanity. 'Dunmore so cleverly interweaves each of the character's stories that as the tale unfolds it has the chilling ring of absolute authenticity.

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