Kessler, Lauren

Tells the life story of Elizabeth Bentley, the New England schoolteacher who fell in love with a KGB agent, became a spy for the Russians, and later switched allegiances again, naming several employees of the U.S. government as coconspirators.

Follows the University of Oregon's women's basketball team through the 1994 season, discussing how coach Jody Runge fought to win equal funding and treatment for herself and her team, and looking at the efforts of Runge and the players to become a force within the league.

Explores how socially conscious ideals from the 1960s can be integrated into the life choices of the 1990s.