{"product_id":"spy-daughter-queer-girl-von-leslie-absher","title":"Spy Daughter, Queer Girl","description":"\u003cp\u003e2023 Judy Grahn Award Finalist for Best Lesbian Nonfiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Leslie Absher, secrecy is just another member of the family. Throughout childhood, her father's shadowy government job was ill-defined, her mother's mental health stayed off limits--even her queer identity remained hidden from her family and unacknowledged by Leslie herself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn SPY DAUGHTER, QUEER GIRL, Absher pursues the truth: of her family, her identity, and her father's role in Greece's CIA-backed junta. As a guide, Absher brings readers to the shade of plane trees in Greece, to queer discos in Boston, and to tense diner meals with her aging CIA father. As a memoirist, Absher renders a lifetime of hazy, shapeshifting truths in high-definition vibrance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInfused with a journalist's tenacity and a daughter's open heart, this book recounts a decades' long process of discovery and the reason why the facts should matter to us all. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeslie Absher is a journalist and essayist. Her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Independent, Salon, Huffington Post, Ms., Greek Reporter, and the San Francisco Chronicle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The fierceness of Absher's courageous quest to learn the gut-wrenching truths of her father's obfuscations parallels her search for her own truths in struggling to know herself as a gay woman....This book is a treasure.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   --Kathryn Watterson, author of Women in Prison, Not by the Sword, and I Hear My People Singing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A riveting examination of identity and how the people who raise us make us-and how we all must continually remake ourselves. A moving portrait of a father-daughter relationship defined by secrets so big they spanned continents. Absher writes with heart, humor, and the grace that comes with forgiveness-the ultimate mission impossible.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   --Jessica Pearce Rotondi, author of What We Inherit: A Secret War and a Family's Search for Answers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Leslie tells her story with soul-searing honesty, plenty of self-deprecation and humour. In working through her own story, confronting her difficult past, she's revealed the human damage - most often to innocents - inflicted by the espionage \"game\" played out on the global chessboard.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   --Ian Callaghan, producer of the Audible Original series My Dad the Spy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e¿\"A gut-wrenching portrait of a daughter in search of her father's love, affection and attention, with Greece as a backdrop and the CIA always in the shadows. It is a cautionary tale about the effects of parental neglect, and ultimately a long overdue and touching reconciliation between father and daughter.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   --Marc Polymeropoulos, former CIA senior intelligence officer and author of Clarity in Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the CIA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9781957607030\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eIn Search of Truth and Acceptance in a Family of Secrets\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover - 9781957607030","offer_id":56931393110341,"sku":"9781957607030","price":28.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/40295edc-567c-469a-b125-a01df3089534.jpg?v=1780720048","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/spy-daughter-queer-girl-von-leslie-absher","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}