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Girl crush: Julia Child

America's favorite chef was also a top-secret WWII spy.

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  • Thursday, August 14, 2008 01:43 PM

    I read a biography about her years ago

    and although I don't think she was a "hide in the closet with a camera and dagger" kind a spy (at least if the book is accurate) her life was unbeleivelbly fasinating!

    Among many adventures in her life, she did work for army intellegence services and when stuck in a desk job, in India I think, got herself reassigned to more important and dangerous tasks... even ending up with the now famous flying Tigers for a while (I can't remember what her job was with them... hey it was the intellegence service... whatever they do.)

    And that was just the beginning. I thought those years ago and you have reminded me that her life would make a great movie.

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