Trapeze (book)

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The Girl Who Fell from the Sky (as published in the UK by Little, Brown and Company) or Trapeze (as published in the US by Other Press) is a novel written by Simon Mawer, published in 2012. [1] It is a historical novel about a woman during World War II whose ability to speak French and propensity for risk [2] attracts the attention of the Special Operations Executive and eventually leads her to be an agent operating in occupied Europe before she is even twenty years old. Mawer incorporates both fact and fiction in the telling of her story. [3] The American title was chosen to avoid confusion with the 2010 novel by Heidi W. Durrow. [4]

The book has been widely reviewed in a number of news sources in the UK (including The Guardian , [5] The Independent [6] and The Telegraph [7] ) and USA [8] [9] [10] (including the Washington Post ). [2] [11]

In June 2012, Mawer was the guest on a radio broadcast of the Diane Rehm Show, where he talked about his new book. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Simon Mawer".
  2. 1 2 Messy, duplicitous, violent – and so alluring, Baltimore Brew, June 1, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Trapeze » Other Press". Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
  4. ↑ "The Girl Who Fell From The Sky, aka Trapeze". Author's website. Simon Mawer. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  5. ↑ The Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Simon Mawer – review, The Guardian (London), May 11, 2012.
  6. ↑ The Girl Who Feel From the Sky, By Simon Mawer, The Independent (London), May 6, 2012.
  7. ↑ The Girl Who Fell From The Sky by Simon Mawer: review, The Telegraph (London), May 21, 2012.
  8. ↑ 'Trapeze': Young French-Speaking British Woman On Undercover Assignment in World War II German-Occupied France, Huntington News, April 30, 2012.
  9. ↑ 'Trapeze' review: Simon Mawer's focused adventure, Newsday (Long Island), June 28, 2012
  10. ↑ Royal Young, Undercover, Between the covers: Simon Mawer on 'Trapeze', Interview Magazine, May 1, 2012.
  11. ↑ ‘Trapeze,’ by Simon Mawer, Washington Post, June 11, 2012.
  12. ↑ Simon Mawer: "Trapeze" , Diane Rehm Show, June 12, 2012.


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