In True Face: A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked [Paperback]

In this “extraordinarily brave and entertaining book” (Sonia Purnell,New York Times–bestselling author ofA Woman of No Importance), the bestselling coauthor ofArgotells her riveting, courageous story of being a female spy at the height of the Cold War 

Jonna Mendez began her CIA career as a “contract wife,” performing secretarial duties for the CIA as a convenience to her husband, a young officer stationed in Europe. She needed his permission to open a bank account or even shut off the gas to their apartment. Yet Mendez had a talent for espionage, too, parlaying her interest in photography into an operational role overseas, an unlikely area for a woman in the CIA. Often underestimated, occasionally undermined, she lived undercover and served tours of duty all over the globe, rising first to become an international spy and ultimately to chief of disguise at CIA’s Office of Technical Service. 
 
In True Facerecounts not only the drama of Mendez’s high-stakes work but also the grit and good fortune it took for her to navigate a misogynistic world. This is the story of an incredible spy career and what it took to achieve it. Jonna Mendezis a former Chief of Disguise with over twenty-five years of experience as a CIA officer. With her late husband Antonio (Tony) Mendez, she is theNew York Times bestselling coauthor ofArgo,The Moscow Rules, andSpy Dust.Kansas Notable Book“Engaging and enlightening,In True Face[is] an important addition to the canon of nonfiction books about an institution encrusted in myths created by movies, television, novels, hostile intelligence services and, occasionally, the agency itself.”Washington Post“In her bestselling new memoir,In True Face, the agency’s onetime Chief of Disguise makes her 27year intelligence career sound like a gendlÃ+