Publication

2015 - Riverhead Books, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

89,500 words, Guess

Page Count

358 pages

Identifiers

and 5 more
  • OCLC Control Number900623788
  • Better World BooksO7-DET-288
  • Better World Books9781594633188
  • Better World BooksO6-ECX-022
  • Open LibraryOL27190537M

Classifications

  • DDC813/.6
  • LCCPS3603.A587 H68 2015
  • LCCPS3603.A587H68 2015

Description

A tale based on the story of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, the only Americans put to death for espionage during the Cold War, traces the experiences of their friend and neighbor, who takes in the couple's young sons when they are arrested by the FBI in 1950. In 1947, Millie and Ed Stein and their toddler son, David, move into an apartment on the eleventh floor in Knickerbocker Village on New York's Lower East Side. Her new neighbors are the Rosenbergs. Millie and Ethel's lives as friends, wives, mothers, and neighbors entwine, even as chaos begins to swirl around the Rosenbergs and the FBI closes in. Millie begins to question her own husband;s political loyalty and her marriage. As Millie is thrown into a world of lies, intrigue, spies and counterspies, she realizes she must fight for what she believes, who she loves, and what is right.

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Other Editions

  • The hours count: a novelRiverhead Books2015-01-01

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