In a memoir that, according to Joyce Carol Oates, "moves with the dramatic and moral urgency of a Graham Greene novel," journalist Lucinda Franks discovers that the remmote, troubled father she grew up with was in fact a spy-a secret agent who worked behind enemy lines during World War ll. The result of her intensive quest to uncover the mysteries that had haunted him all his life ultimately leads her to reinvent her own past.
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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An unconfirmed OSS agent,
This review is from: My Father's Secret War (Paperback)
Reading "My Father's Secret War" one can't quite accept that daddy was an agent of the OSS. His daughter decided he was and with leading questions managed to get a confession- as he was slipping into dementia. What is interesting is that on August 14, 2008 the National Archives announced the oppening of the personnel files of all Second World War OSS agents. Thomas Franks was not listed which appears to blow her story. Perhaps the book be reclassified as "fiction."
12 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
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Poor title Should be: My Inner War to Understand My Father,
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More of a cartharsis, than a novel. The author seeks to understand her father and the family's intricate web of family dynamics. Unfortunately, she used the facts of her father's life to twist her present view of reality. Her Dad was a spy ( of sorts) during WWII. She uses this as a catapult to explain every move he makes for the next 50 years. She is full of excuses for his failings. His "spy job" made him an alcoholic, his spy job made him a bad husband, his spy job let him fail in business, his spy job made him a poor father to her, etc. You get the picture. On top of this story is another story in which the author, seeks to understand herself. Unfortunately, she is very shallow and self centered, lives a life of luxury and seems more interested in how others perceive her, than in really getting to the roots causes of her life. I bought the book because I thought I'd get a good historical WWII biography written by a Pulitzer Prize winnner. Did I mention the Pulitzer was written due to her getting a byline in a small article she wrote by chance decades ago. The writing wasn't clear, crisp or even insightful. The story is about an upper class family without any real point and the writing is insipid. I wouldn't even suggest it as a library book. Sorry.
7 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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My Father's Secret War,
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Personally I did not care for this memoir. I was able to relateto some of problems with the author's father. The book was too descriptive and boring. The ending could have been a lot shorter.
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