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Wife, Mother, Spy - An Extraordinary Life Filled with Ordinary Days - by Ann E Butler (Paperback)
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Highlights
- Many mothers shuttle their kids to dance lessons and sports practice, coordinate playdates, read bedtime stories, and struggle to get dinner on the table after a long day at the office.
- Author(s): Ann E Butler
- 242 Pages
- Family + Relationships, Parenting
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About the Book
Wife, Mother, Spy is the captivating memoir of Ann Butler, a former undercover CIA Operations Officer who spent her career recruiting foreign assets, protecting national security and raising five children. With vivid storytelling and unflinching honesty, this memoir reveals the complexities of juggling family and duty in a world of secrecy.Book Synopsis
Many mothers shuttle their kids to dance lessons and sports practice, coordinate playdates, read bedtime stories, and struggle to get dinner on the table after a long day at the office. Very few do all this while secretly meeting with spies, carrying a purse retrofitted to conceal a Glock, and tasked with protecting the security of the United States. For several decades, this was the life of Ann Butler - wife, mother of five, and operations operative for the CIA.
From New York to Paris to Sarajevo, from Northern Africa to Central Europe, Wife, Mother, Spy provides a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse of the rewarding, chaotic, exhausting, often challenging, but always exciting life of a CIA spy who also happens to be a wife and mother.
Juggling parenthood, aliases, transatlantic moves every few years with five children and a dog, and going into labor during a clandestine meeting isn't for the faint of heart. But with determination, a sense of humor, and unflappable optimism, Butler takes readers along on an inspiring journey that knits together a life full of the dailiness, hopes, and fears all parents share with an exhilarating career few can imagine.