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Love” ―CNN International

and longing

taking Grace into her home

” —The Wall Street Journal

Our American Friend: A Novel AAPI or a kitten makes itsA globe spanning thriller of love and betrayal about a mysterious first lady with an explosive secret. Paris, 1974. Lara Orlov and her family arrive from Moscow at the height of the Cold War, thanks to her fathers position as a diplomat. The years pass, and Lara becomes more and more enamored with the City of Lights. As a teenager in Paris, she falls deeply in love with a fellow Russian expat: the passionate, intellectual Sasha, who opens her eyes to