At age thirteen, a young girl learns that her parents had been Communists during the 1930s and '40s while working for the U.S. Government. Her father is called before the House Committee on Un-American Activities and must decide how he will testify. His decision breaks his spirit and changes his family's life forever.
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The spate of recent books and articles dealing with Soviet Espionage and the early Cold War is evidence of the public's continued interest in this period of history even after more than fifty years have passed. The opening of formerly secret KGB archives and release of intercepted Venona cables have fueled this interest. Historians hold conflicting views regarding the true meaning of the revelations and they continue to argue over the role of the Communist Party in Soviet espionage. The controversy has kept these topics current.
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Frank, Elizabeth.
New York: Random House, 2004.
In Cheat and Charmer, Dinah Lasker, the wife of successful Hollywood director, Jake Lasker, is subpoenaed to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1951. The Committee has threatened to ruin her husband's career if she refuses to cooperate. Pulitzer Prize winning biographer Elizabeth Frank, has written a work of fiction about love and deception; it is the story of how one person's choice to name names leads to a trail of deceit, rationalization and betrayal.