{"product_id":"spy-daughter-queer-girl-in-search-of-truth-and-acceptance-in-a-family-of-secrets-9781957607023","title":"Spy Daughter, Queer Girl: In Search of Truth and Acceptance in a Family of Secrets","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2023 Judy Grahn Award Finalist for Best Lesbian Nonfiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeslie Absher is a journalist and personal essay writer. Her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, Salon, Ms., Greek Reporter, and San Francisco Magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Spy Daughter, Queer Girl is succinctly written, gorgeously rendered, and emotionally illuminating. One could describe it as part memoir, part spy thriller, but it also has a wider scope: It brings to life a micro-history of being young and gay in America in the '80s.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e --Sophia Glock, \u003cem\u003eMs. magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\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 \u003cstrong\u003e--Kathryn Watterson, author of \u003cem\u003eWomen in Prison, Not by the Sword, \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e I Hear My People Singing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\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 \u003cstrong\u003e--Ian Callaghan, producer of the Audible Original series \u003cem\u003eMy Dad the Spy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Latah Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50642945802514,"sku":"9781957607023","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_046a11e2-25f6-4fd0-9ed8-3120df979157.jpg?v=1733074928","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/spy-daughter-queer-girl-in-search-of-truth-and-acceptance-in-a-family-of-secrets-9781957607023","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}