The Diplomat's Wife | 
 enlarge | Author: Pam Jenoff
Publisher: Mira Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 90477
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 0778325121
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780778325123
ASIN: 0778325121
Publication Date: May 1, 2008
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Condition: A used ex-library copy. Library markings. Pages are somewhat worn. Cover worn with some creases. Edges and corners worn. Binding solid but slanted.
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Product Description
Love was not a luxury Marta Nedermann could afford during the war. But with the Nazis defeated, her life takes a surprising turn when she meets Paul, a handsome American soldier. Their whirlwind romance is cut short when his troop is deployed, but promises of marriage and a rendezvous in London bolster Marta s spirits. Then, tragically, a plane crash claims Paul s life, and Marta is left alone to discover to her delight and dismay that she is pregnant.
Now, two years later, Marta has picked up the pieces and moved on. She has started over in London with her husband, a British diplomat, with whom she shares a companionable, if passionless, marriage. Simon asks her no questions, and Marta is happy to keep close her memories of Paul and let her deeds of the past remain unspoken.
But Marta s new life is anything but simple. A new war has been brought home to her doorstep: Communist loyalists have infiltrated British intelligence, and the one person who holds the key to exposing the leak is connected to Marta s past. There is a traitor amongst them who needs to prevent Marta s involvement, and no one not her former friends or current lover can be trusted.
In this dramatic follow-up to her international bestselling debut novel,
Pam Jenoff explores the sacrifices and heartbreak that come
in a time of uneasy peace and rising paranoia, when love and
desperation can make liars of us all.
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 could be better, could be worse August 10, 2008
My biggest gripe is the use of present tense. I hate that writing style.
Yes, the plot is obvious. But it's a pleasant, easy read and a nice library book for a rainy afternoon. It's not great literature, but it is enjoyable. I just wish the characters were better developed, the descriptions more thorough, and the past tense in use. If you liked the Kommandant's girl, you'll probably enjoy this, too.
 Wow August 10, 2008
I don't usually read this type of book but I was out of town for three days with nothing to read and a friend gave me this. I had a hard time putting it down. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
WW2 and the Cold War July 25, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
During WW2, Polish resistance fighter, Marta Nederman is found in a Nazi prison cell by an American soldier, Paul Mattison, who was among the first to enter the occupied city of Prague. Marta had been cruelly tortured but had refused to betray her companions. She manages to get to England on fake papers and once again meets Paul, this time in a convalescent home. They fall in love and plan to marry but before this can happen, his plane is shot down and he is presumed dead. Finding that she is expecting Paul's child, she accepts the offer of marriage by an English diplomat who had employed her at the Foreign Office because of her language skills. Two years later, when the Cold War is well and truly under way, she is sent on a dangerous mission into Soviet occupied Berlin. At this point, I realised that the story had become utter fantasy and was completely unbelievable. I finished the book but couldn't raise much enthusiam for the exploits of this untrained, hesitant spy..real agents would be in stitches !!
What A Fantastic Read! July 23, 2008
Wow I loved it, it was fantastic! Again I couldn't put this one down either, just like the Kommandant's Girl, Pam Jenoff has written a brilliant story, one that keeps you turning the pages and wanting more!
I was sad to find out what happened to Jacob, because Emma and him went through so much, I thought they would reunite and make it out safely, but I am glad she and Marta found each other again, as they both have gone through similiar hardships!
I loved the plot and the twists, you felt for Marta the whole way, you could feel her pain when she was in the Nazi prison, and through losing her close friend Rose as well as her first experience with love with a young American soldier named Paul, and again the pain and heartbreak she feels when she learns of his (supposed) death in a plane crash! Then comes the twists!
Marta is involved in a deadly game for power that she doesn't realise she is playing, everything that happens to her throughout the book is all connected and without knowing it she has been a puppet in a major communist conspiracy from the day she stepped foot in the camp in Salzburg! What a great read, I am so greatful that Marta got to tell her story, it was brilliant and I am glad that her and Paul finally found each other!
The Diplomats Wife July 21, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Excellent story, weaves true history with an exciting plot. Enjoyed it so much, I ordered the other book, by this same author. P. Jenoff is an outstanding writer. So glad to have recently learned of her.
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