TY  - BOOK
AU  - Alexander,Goldie
TI  - That stranger next door
SN  - 9780992492434 (paperback)
U1  - A823.4 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Bittern, Victoria
PB  - Clan Destine Press
KW  - Petrov, Evdokia
KW  - Nineteen fifties
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Jews
KW  - Australia
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Young adult fiction
KW  - Teenage girls
KW  - Victoria
KW  - Melbourne
KW  - First loves
KW  - Families
KW  - Teenagers
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Melbourne (Vic.)
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Australian
KW  - Mystery fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - gsafd
KW  - lcsh
N2  - In 1954, Melbourne is still reeling from WWII; the Cold War sees suspicions running high and the threat of communism and spies hide in every shadow. Jewish schoolgirl, Ruth, is trying to navigate her own path, despite her strict upbringing and the past that haunts her family. It's a path that she wishes could include her first love, Patrick, but the rich Catholic boy is strictly off limits. When a mysterious woman moves in next door in the dead of night, Ruth is convinced she is none other than Eva or Evdokia Petrov, a Soviet spy and wife of the infamous Russian defector, Vladimir Petrov. Could Ruth's unlikely new friend really be the most sought-after woman in Australia? Will Ruth's own clandestine meetings with Patrick be discovered? How does the Petrov Affair, as it became known, impact the life of one ordinary girl and her family?
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