Shining Through

★ 4.3 avg 53 votes

About this book

"Laced with heartbreak, drama and thrills...Marvelously readable."--THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER It's 1940, and Linda Voss, legal secretary extraordinaire, has a secret; she's in love with her boss the pride of the Ivy League, John Berringer. Not that he'd take a second look at her, a German-Jewish girl from Queens who spends her time taking care of her faded beauty of a mother, and following the news of the war that is about to engulf Europe. How Linda wins and loses her man, puts her life on the line for her beliefs, and finally gets the man she deserved all along is the story that only Susan Isaac's, author of the acclaimed bestseller Almost Paradise, can tell. It is a novel about love and its limits about honor and the sacrifices it demands about a remarkable woman who wisecracks her way into heroism and history. The risks Linda Voss takes in life and love will give you chills, call forth tears, and have you cheering. As the San Francisco Chronicle proclaims. "Linda Voss is an irresistible heroine...She's exactly the bright and resourceful heroine we all feel we could be."

4.3 ★★★★☆ average of 3 sources · 53 votes
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Reader Profile

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4.3/5 · 53 readers · 403 pages · ≈ 7 h 28 m · Moderate

How long does it take to read Shining Through?

About ≈ 7 h 28 m — 403 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mShining Through~7 h 28 m

How many pages is Shining Through?

403 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320Shining Through403

What genre is Shining Through?

It sits on the Spy Fiction, Romance, Mystery shelves.

Is Shining Through in the public domain?

No — it is still under copyright.

Who wrote Shining Through?

Susan Isaacs.

🏆 Awards Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture
“In 1940, when I was thirty-one and an old maid, while the whole word waited for war, I fell in love with John Berringer.”