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The Memoir of a Cold War Spy's Daughter
Potomac Books Inc
March 2012
On Sale: February 28, 2012
380 pages
ISBN: 1597976989
EAN: 9781597976985
Kindle: B006Z9K3DY
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Non-Fiction
From literary journalist Sara Mansfield Taber comes a deep
and wondrous memoir of her exotic childhood as the daughter
of a covert CIA operative. Born under an Assumed Name
portrays the thrilling and confusing life of a girl growing
up abroad in a world of secrecy and diplomacy—and the heavy
toll it takes on her and her father.
As Taber
leads us on a tour through the alluring countries to which
her father is assigned, we track two parallel stories—those
of young Sara and her Cold War spy father. Sara struggles
for normalcy as the family is relocated to cities in North
America, Europe, and Asia, and the constant upheaval
eventually exacts its price. Only after a psychiatric
hospitalization at age sixteen in a U.S. Air Force hospital
with shell-shocked Vietnam War veterans does she come to a
clear sense of who she is. Meanwhile, Sara's sweet-natured,
philosophical father becomes increasingly disillusioned with
his work, his agency, and his country.
This is the
question at the heart of this elegant and sophisticated
work: what does it mean to be an American? In this
fascinating, painful, and ultimately exhilarating
coming-of-age story, young Sara confronts generosity,
greatness, and tragedy—all that America heaps on the world.
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