The Girl Who Fell from the Sky (as published in the UK by Little, Brown and Company) or Trapeze (as published in the US by Other Press) is a historical novel written by Simon Mawer, published in 2012.[1] It follows a woman during World War II whose ability to speak French and propensity for risk[2] attracts the attention of the Special Operations Executive and eventually leads her to be an agent operating in occupied Europe before she is twenty years old.[3] The American title was changed to avoid confusion with the 2010 novel by Heidi W. Durrow.[4]
The book was reviewed in a number of news sources in the UK (including The Guardian,[5] The Independent[6] and The Telegraph[7]) and USA[8][9][10] (including the Washington Post).[2][11]
In June 2012, Mawer was the guest on a radio broadcast of The Diane Rehm Show, where he talked about his new book.[12]
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