Quinn, Kate, <br/><br/>
The diamond eye / 
Kate Quinn. 
 - 435 pages :  illustrations, portraits ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> The brand-new historical novel based on a true story from the bestselling author of The Rose Code and The Alice Network  She's the war's most lethal sniper. And the one they least expect...  In the snowbound city of Kiev, aspiring historian Mila Pavlichenko's life revolves around her young son - until Hitler's invasion of Russia changes everything. Suddenly, she and her friends must take up arms to save their country from the Fuhrer's destruction.  Handed a rifle, Mila discovers a gift - and months of blood, sweat and tears turn the young woman into a deadly sniper: the most lethal hunter of Nazis.  Yet success is bittersweet. Mila is torn from the battlefields of the eastern front and sent to America while the war still rages. There, she finds an unexpected ally in First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and an unexpected promise of a different future. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780008523022 0008523029 9780008523015 0008523010 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Pavlychenko, Li︠u︡dmyla Mykhaĭlivna, 1916-1974 --Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>World War, 1939-1945--Soviet Union--Fiction.<br/>Snipers--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Historical fiction.<br/>Biographical fiction.