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SPY DAUGHTER, QUEER GIRL IBD

LESLIE ABSHER
LATAH BOOKS
10 / 2022
9781957607023
Anglès

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2023 Judy Grahn Award Finalist for Best Lesbian NonfictionFor Leslie Absher, secrecy is just another member of the family. Throughout childhood, her fatherâÇÖs shadowy government job was ill-defined, her motherâÇÖs mental health stayed off limits--even her queer identity remained hidden from her family and unacknowledged by Leslie herself.ááIn SPY DAUGHTER, QUEER GIRL, Absher pursues the truth: of her family, her identity, and her fatherâÇÖs role in GreeceâÇÖs 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.ááInfused with a journalistâÇÖs tenacity and a daughterâÇÖs open heart, this book recounts a decadesâÇÖ long process of discovery and the reason why the facts should matter to us all.áLeslie Absher is a journalist and personal essay writer. Her work has appeared in theáLos Angeles Times,áHuffington Post,áSalon,áMs.,áGreek Reporter, andáSan Francisco Magazine.'Spy Daughter, Queer Girláis 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 âÇÖ80s.'áááá--Sophia Glock,áMs. magazine'The fierceness of AbsherâÇÖs courageous quest to learn the gut-wrenching truths of her fatherâÇÖs obfuscations parallels her search for her own truths in struggling to know herself as a gay woman....This book is a treasure.'ááá--Kathryn Watterson, author ofáWomen in Prison, Not by the Sword,áandáI Hear My People Singing'Leslie tells her story with soul-searing honesty, plenty of self-deprecation and humour. In working through her own story, confronting her difficult past, sheâÇÖs revealed the human damage - most often to innocents - inflicted by the espionage 'game' played out on the global chessboard.'áááá--Ian Callaghan, producer of the Audible Original seriesáMy Dad the Spy

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