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LIBERTY
"Liberty" introduces readers to a fiercely smart 18-year old, caught up in her family's past and international espionage.
What is a hero?
Paige Nolan knows.
Edward Raynes, the young man who exposed America’s unconstitutional spying techniques is a hero, even if half the dumdums in the country thinks he’s a traitor. Or her parents, journalists who were captured by terrorists while telling stories of the endangered and oppressed. They were heroes, too. Or are—no one has ever told Paige if they're still alive, or dead.
Not heroes? Anyone in the government who abandoned her parents, letting them rot somewhere halfway across the world.
And certainly not Paige herself, who despite her fluency in five languages and mastery of several obscure martial arts (thanks, mom!) could do nothing to save them.
That is couldn’t, until she’s approached by Madden Carter, an undercover operative who gives her a mission—fly to Russia, find Raynes, and discover what other government secrets he’s stockpiled. In exchange, he’ll reopen the case on her missing parents.
She’s given a code name, and a cover as a foreign exchange student.
Who is a hero? Not Paige Nolan, but maybe, just maybe Liberty is.
Andrea Portes is the bestselling novelist of two critically lauded adult novels. Hick, her debut, has been made into a feature film starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Eddie Redmayne, Alec Baldwin, Blake Lively, and Juliette Lewis. Bury This, her second novel, published in January 2014 by Soft Skull Press, was described by the New York Times as "exquisite." Her first novel for young adult readers, Anatomy of a Misfit, was published in September 2014 to high acclaim, and optioned in a bidding war to Paramount Pictures.
Andrea grew up shuffled around between such disparate locales as Nebraska, Brasília, Texas, Rio de Janieiro, Baltimore, North Dakota, California, Wisconsin, and North Carolina. Finally, Andrea was granted relief from this nomadic existence when she was accepted to Bryn Mawr College. She attended on a full scholarship and later graduated cum laude, with a major in English literature. She then earned her Masters in Fine Arts degree from UC San Diego.
After her relentless education, Andrea moved to the neighborhood of Echo Park in Los Angeles, where she spent years mostly getting into trouble. It was in this period of vague nothingness that Andrea penned her debut novel, in longhand in three notebooks. Currently, she lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Sandy Tolan, their son, Wyatt, and their dog, Rascal.
Paige Nolan knows.
Edward Raynes, the young man who exposed America’s unconstitutional spying techniques is a hero, even if half the dumdums in the country thinks he’s a traitor. Or her parents, journalists who were captured by terrorists while telling stories of the endangered and oppressed. They were heroes, too. Or are—no one has ever told Paige if they're still alive, or dead.
Not heroes? Anyone in the government who abandoned her parents, letting them rot somewhere halfway across the world.
And certainly not Paige herself, who despite her fluency in five languages and mastery of several obscure martial arts (thanks, mom!) could do nothing to save them.
That is couldn’t, until she’s approached by Madden Carter, an undercover operative who gives her a mission—fly to Russia, find Raynes, and discover what other government secrets he’s stockpiled. In exchange, he’ll reopen the case on her missing parents.
She’s given a code name, and a cover as a foreign exchange student.
Who is a hero? Not Paige Nolan, but maybe, just maybe Liberty is.
Andrea Portes is the bestselling novelist of two critically lauded adult novels. Hick, her debut, has been made into a feature film starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Eddie Redmayne, Alec Baldwin, Blake Lively, and Juliette Lewis. Bury This, her second novel, published in January 2014 by Soft Skull Press, was described by the New York Times as "exquisite." Her first novel for young adult readers, Anatomy of a Misfit, was published in September 2014 to high acclaim, and optioned in a bidding war to Paramount Pictures.
Andrea grew up shuffled around between such disparate locales as Nebraska, Brasília, Texas, Rio de Janieiro, Baltimore, North Dakota, California, Wisconsin, and North Carolina. Finally, Andrea was granted relief from this nomadic existence when she was accepted to Bryn Mawr College. She attended on a full scholarship and later graduated cum laude, with a major in English literature. She then earned her Masters in Fine Arts degree from UC San Diego.
After her relentless education, Andrea moved to the neighborhood of Echo Park in Los Angeles, where she spent years mostly getting into trouble. It was in this period of vague nothingness that Andrea penned her debut novel, in longhand in three notebooks. Currently, she lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Sandy Tolan, their son, Wyatt, and their dog, Rascal.
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