The Secrets We Kept combines a legendary literary love story--the decades-long affair between Pasternak and his mistress and muse, Olga Ivinskaya, who was sent to the Gulag and inspired Zhivago's heroine, Lara--with a narrative about two women empowered to lead lives of extraordinary intrigue and risk.

Author Lara Prescott captures a watershed moment in the history of literature. And at the center of this unforgettable debut is the powerful belief that a piece of art can change the world.