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    A Conversation with Jennet Conant : A Covert Affair: Julia Child and Paul Child in the OSS

    A Conversation with Jennet Conant : A Covert Affair: Julia Child and Paul Child in the OSS

    Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library

    May 5, 2011


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    In 2008, fans of the butter-loving Francophile chef were stunned to learn that Julia Child previously worked for the OSS in the Far East during World War II. Her recently declassified OSS files flesh out Jennet Conant’s account of Julia Child’s early career, transformative romance with fellow OSS agent Paul Child, and tumultuous years during the McCarthy witch hunts. Jennet Conant is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington and Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II.


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        Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library

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        May 5, 2011

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        7:30 pm

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