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When her doctor recommends that a widow pursue her unfulfilled life ambitions, he doesn’t realize that she has always wanted to be a spy. She gets her an interview with the CIA and accidentally gets her an assignment to Morocco for a supposed easy task of picking up an encrypted code book.
Hace 4 días · Mrs. Virgil (Emily) Pollifax of New Brunswick, New Jersey, was a widow with grown children. She was tired of attending her Garden Club meetings. She wanted to do something good for her country. So, naturally, she became a CIA agent. This time, the assignment sounds as tasty as a taco. A quick trip to Mexico City is on her agenda. Unfortunately, something goes wrong, and our dear Mrs. Pollifax ...
25 de dic. de 2020 · Pollifax, Emily (Fictitious character) -- Fiction, Women spies -- United States -- Fiction, Intelligence service -- United States -- Fiction, Spy stories, American Publisher New York : Fawcett Crest Collection printdisabled; internetarchivebooks Contributor Internet Archive Language English
Mrs. Pollifax Series. 14 primary works • 20 total works. Mrs Emily Pollifax is a practical yet imaginative white-haired NJ widow with unusual hats and a brown belt in karate who volunteers for the CIA, answering to agents Carstairs and Bishop, around the world. Simple always becomes dangerous and hilarious.
Brief Synopsis. Television movie about the recently widowed Emily Pollifax, who is looking for some adventure in her life. One day she decides to follow her childhood dream of being a secret agent and, through a comedy of errors, suddenly finds herself on a plane bound for Marrakesh, Morocco on a secret C.I.A. miss.
1 de ene. de 1989 · Boredom can be as dispiriting as imprisonment. Republican grandmother Emily Pollifax finds purpose and meaning in life after 60. Dorothy Gilman evokes the energy of being aware in an unfamiliar even hostile environment, exercising muscles of adaptation and flexibility in response to unanticipated challenges, appreciating unexpected kindness from foreigners, immigrants, and political rivals ...
- Dorothy Gilman
12 de ene. de 1985 · Now our dear Mrs. Pollifax finds herself embroiled in quite a hot Cold War—and her country’s enemies find themselves entangled with one unbelievably feisty lady. “Mrs. Pollifax gives Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple a rival to reckon with.”—Toronto Star. Read more. Book 1 of 14.
