I recently heard Michele Rigby Assad, author of Breaking Cover - My Secret Life in the CIA and What It Taught Me About What's Worth Fighting For (#738) speak at our local BookMania! event, so I was prepared for her unusual story.
This non-fiction work is a curious amalgam of her experiences in the CIA, most in active war zones in the Middle East, and her strong Christian beliefs which led her to feel that the CIA was the preparation to fulfill her real calling: helping to evacuate Iraqi Christians from Erbil until perilous circumstances.
Who would ever have expected a homecoming queen and cheerleader from rural Florida to pursue a passion for Arab studies and become half of a successful pair of husband and wife covert operatives in the Middle East? In Breaking Cover, Ms. Assad explains how it all happened. Full of anecdotes both frightening and funny she lays out (with the CIA's permission) what life under cover involves, and the sacrifices made by those who choose to serve in this arena. After ten years. both she and her husband knew it was time to move on. But how do you flesh out a resume when everything you've done in your career still has to be kept under wraps? That's the second half of Ms. Assad's story.
I did find her story is well worth reading even if it is tad heavy on the "God Speak". Her commitment is admirable, and so are her accomplishments.
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