Daughter of spies : wartime secrets, family lies
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Published
Raleigh, NC : Regal House Publishing, LLC, [2022].
Format
Book
ISBN
9781646032747, 1646032748
Physical Desc
233 pages : illustrations, Portraits ; 22 cm
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Published
Raleigh, NC : Regal House Publishing, LLC, [2022].
Language
English
ISBN
9781646032747, 1646032748
Notes
Description
"As a child, Elizabeth Winthrop Alsop, along with her five brothers, was raised to revere the tribal legends of the Alsop and Roosevelt families. Her parents' marriage, lived in the spotlight of 1950s Washington where the author's father, journalist Stewart Alsop, grew increasingly famous, was not what either of her parents had imagined it would be. Her mother's strict Catholicism and her father's restless ambition collided to create a strangely muted and ominous world, one that mirrored the whispered conversations in the living room as the power brokers of Washington came and went through their side door. Through it all, her mother, trained to keep secrets as a decoding agent with MI5, said very little. In this brave memoir, the author explores who her mother was, why alcohol played such an important role in her mother's life, and why her mother held herself apart from all her children, especially her only daughter. In the author's journey to understand her parents, particularly her mother, she comes to realize that the secrets parents keep are the ones that reverberate most powerfully in the lives of their children."--,Page 4 of cover.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Alsop family.
Authors, American -- 20th century.
Authors, American -- 21st century.
Daughters -- United States -- Biography.
Mother and child.
Roosevelt family.
Secrecy.
Spies -- United States -- Biography.
Winthrop, Elizabeth -- Childhood and youth.
Winthrop, Elizabeth -- Family.
Women authors, American -- 20th century.
Women authors, American -- 21st century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- History.
Authors, American -- 20th century.
Authors, American -- 21st century.
Daughters -- United States -- Biography.
Mother and child.
Roosevelt family.
Secrecy.
Spies -- United States -- Biography.
Winthrop, Elizabeth -- Childhood and youth.
Winthrop, Elizabeth -- Family.
Women authors, American -- 20th century.
Women authors, American -- 21st century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- History.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Winthrop, E. (2022). Daughter of spies: wartime secrets, family lies . Regal House Publishing, LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Winthrop, Elizabeth. 2022. Daughter of Spies: Wartime Secrets, Family Lies. Regal House Publishing, LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Winthrop, Elizabeth. Daughter of Spies: Wartime Secrets, Family Lies Regal House Publishing, LLC, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Winthrop, Elizabeth. Daughter of Spies: Wartime Secrets, Family Lies Regal House Publishing, LLC, 2022.
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