If you could ask Kate Quinn ONE question what would it be? ).ġ4.Join us for a captivating conversation with historical fiction writer Kate Quinn as she discusses her newest release, The Diamond Eye, and her other works. Thoughts on how the media has improved since Madame Death arrived in America as an anomaly.ġ3. Could you have done what Mila did? (this question rings throughout the book)ġ2.

Did you know much about the Roosevelts prior to this book? Elaborate how this story changed/confused/angered your prior knowledgeġ1.

What did you think of the park scene close to the end?ġ0. If you had read this a couple years ago: how do you think your experience with this novel would have been?Ĩ. How did the Russian parallel to what is currently going on affect you while reading this?ħ. Did you find yourself drawn to one character more than others?Ħ. When you heard the thought 'Don't Miss' what did it make you think about?ĥ. Have you read a Kate Quinn novel before? How did The Diamond Eye compare?Ģ. But when an old enemy from Mila’s past joins forces with a deadly new foe lurking in the shadows, Lady Death finds herself battling her own demons and enemy bullets in the deadliest duel of her life.īased on a true story, The Diamond Eye is a haunting novel of heroism born of desperation, of a mother who became a soldier, of a woman who found her place in the world and changed the course of history forever.ġ. Still reeling from war wounds and devastated by loss, Mila finds herself isolated and lonely in the glittering world of Washington, DC-until an unexpected friendship with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and an even more unexpected connection with a silent fellow sniper offer the possibility of happiness. When news of her three hundredth kill makes her a national heroine, Mila finds herself torn from the bloody battlefields of the eastern front and sent to America on a goodwill tour. Given a rifle and sent to join the fight, Mila must forge herself from studious girl to deadly sniper-a lethal hunter of Nazis known as Lady Death. In 1937 in the snowbound city of Kiev (now known as Kyiv), wry and bookish history student Mila Pavlichenko organizes her life around her library job and her young son-but Hitler’s invasion of Ukraine and Russia sends her on a different path. The New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code returns with an unforgettable World War II tale of a quiet bookworm who becomes history’s deadliest female sniper.

The diamond eye by kate quinn