Wife, Mother, Spy
An Extraordinary Life Filled with Ordinary Days

Many mothers shuttle their kids to dance lessons and sports practice,coordinate playdates, read bedtime stories, and struggle to get dinner on thetable after a long day at the office. Very few do all this while secretly meetingwith spies, carrying a purse retrofitted to conceal a Glock, and tasked withprotecting the security of the United States. For several decades, this was thelife 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 therewarding, chaotic, exhausting, often challenging, but always exciting life ofa CIA spy who also happens to be a wife and mother.
Juggling parenthood, aliases, transatlantic moves every few years with fivechildren and a dog, and going into labor during a clandestine meeting isn't forthe faint of heart. But with determination, a sense of humor, and unflappableoptimism, Butler takes readers along on an inspiring journey that knitstogether a life full of the dailiness, hopes, and fears all parents share with anexhilarating career few can imagine.