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Michele Rigby Assad was one of those people.
As a CIA agent, Michele soon found that working undercover was an all-encompassing job. The threats were real. The mission was a perilous one. Trained as a counterterrorism expert, Michele spent over a decade in the agency--a woman leading some of the most highly skilled operatives on the planet, secretly serving in some the most treacherous areas of the Middle East. But deep inside, Michele wondered: Could she really do this job? Was she in the right place at the right time, or had she misunderstood what she thought was God's calling on her life? Did she have what it would take to survive?
The answer came when Michele faced a life-or-death choice--one that had secretly been the plan for her all along.
In Breaking Cover, Michele has at last been cleared to drop cover and tell her story: one of incredible struggle; of thwarted plans and expectations; and most of all, of discovering a faith greater than all her fears.
(272 pages)
I feel terrible about this, but I completely forgot to review Breaking Cover. I planned to do it right before leaving for college, and somehow I thought I had but then when I came home again I saw it lying there and couldn't find my review online. Maybe I accidentally deleted it or something?
Anyway, moving on from my organizational woes. Breaking Cover is a pretty cool book about people who really lived a lifestyle that is usually only depicted in fiction. Michele seems like a very cool, relatable person, and so does her husband. I loved seeing what the life of married CIA agents was like, even though I cringed along with them when they kept being sent into the most dangerous spots on the planet.
Michele really shows what it's like to deal with sensitive information, interview potential terrorists/informants, etc. It's truly fascinating. Plus she was a woman serving a very important role in the Middle East, so most of her interviewees disrespected her for her gender from the moment she walked in the door. She describes in detail some of the strategies she used to manipulate their assumptions and use them to her advantage in the interview room, but it sounds like she also had to deal with similar snubs with American superiors and co-workers. It's pretty depressing.
Perhaps the scariest scene in the entire book is when Michele is driving through a town in the Middle East, alone and stopped at a stoplight, and a man begins to jeer and advance on her and then a bunch of other men step forward to come at her, too. She manages to get out of the situation relatively unscathed, but I can't believe the CIA didn't think to give her more protection (and perhaps a driver) in a country where women drivers are susceptible to being murdered.
It's hard to gather all my thoughts back together about a book that I read so long ago (so I can't warn about any bad language/material–sorry!). I definitely remember a lot more about Breaking Cover than I do about many of the other books I read around then, though, so I can vouch that it's a memorable read. I also have vivid memories of being fascinated by Michele's story (and even bothering my family with lots of cool anecdotes from the book), so I know I really enjoyed it. If you're interested, go ahead and pick it up for yourself!
Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I feel terrible about this, but I completely forgot to review Breaking Cover. I planned to do it right before leaving for college, and somehow I thought I had but then when I came home again I saw it lying there and couldn't find my review online. Maybe I accidentally deleted it or something?
Anyway, moving on from my organizational woes. Breaking Cover is a pretty cool book about people who really lived a lifestyle that is usually only depicted in fiction. Michele seems like a very cool, relatable person, and so does her husband. I loved seeing what the life of married CIA agents was like, even though I cringed along with them when they kept being sent into the most dangerous spots on the planet.
Michele really shows what it's like to deal with sensitive information, interview potential terrorists/informants, etc. It's truly fascinating. Plus she was a woman serving a very important role in the Middle East, so most of her interviewees disrespected her for her gender from the moment she walked in the door. She describes in detail some of the strategies she used to manipulate their assumptions and use them to her advantage in the interview room, but it sounds like she also had to deal with similar snubs with American superiors and co-workers. It's pretty depressing.
Perhaps the scariest scene in the entire book is when Michele is driving through a town in the Middle East, alone and stopped at a stoplight, and a man begins to jeer and advance on her and then a bunch of other men step forward to come at her, too. She manages to get out of the situation relatively unscathed, but I can't believe the CIA didn't think to give her more protection (and perhaps a driver) in a country where women drivers are susceptible to being murdered.
It's hard to gather all my thoughts back together about a book that I read so long ago (so I can't warn about any bad language/material–sorry!). I definitely remember a lot more about Breaking Cover than I do about many of the other books I read around then, though, so I can vouch that it's a memorable read. I also have vivid memories of being fascinated by Michele's story (and even bothering my family with lots of cool anecdotes from the book), so I know I really enjoyed it. If you're interested, go ahead and pick it up for yourself!
Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
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