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An instant international bestseller and a USA Today bestseller!A Washington Post Best Historical Fiction Book of 2024!A People magazine Best Book of Fall!A New York Post Book of the Week!Before she mastered the art of French cooking in midlife, Julia Child found herself working in the secrets trade in Asia during World War II, a journey that will delight both historical fiction fans and lovers of America's most beloved chef, revealing how the war made her into the icon we know now. Single, 6 foot 2, and thirty years old, Julia McWilliams took a job working for America's first espionage agency, years before cooking or Paris entered the picture. The Secret War of Julia Child traces Julia's transformation from ambitious Pasadena blue blood to Washington, DC file clerk, to head of General Wild Bill Donovan's secret File Registry as part of the Office of Strategic Services. The wartime journey takes her to South Asia's remote front lines of then-Ceylon, India, and China, where she finds p

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      Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 11/22/2024
      ISBN13: 9781464219047, 978-1464219047
      ISBN10: 1464219044
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      An instant international bestseller and a USA Today bestseller!A Washington Post Best Historical Fiction Book of 2024!A People magazine Best Book of Fall!A New York Post Book of the Week!Before she mastered the art of French cooking in midlife, Julia Child found herself working in the secrets trade in Asia during World War II, a journey that will delight both historical fiction fans and lovers of America's most beloved chef, revealing how the war made her into the icon we know now. Single, 6 foot 2, and thirty years old, Julia McWilliams took a job working for America's first espionage agency, years before cooking or Paris entered the picture. The Secret War of Julia Child traces Julia's transformation from ambitious Pasadena blue blood to Washington, DC file clerk, to head of General Wild Bill Donovan's secret File Registry as part of the Office of Strategic Services. The wartime journey takes her to South Asia's remote front lines of then-Ceylon, India, and China, where she finds p

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