A girl grows up in Greece, during the years of the junta, in a sunny house in Palio Psychiko. A few years later she will return with her parents to America. And when, on the road to adulthood, he decides to unravel the tangle of family secrets, he will plunge into the chaos of personal and political revelations.
What does her father do? Why does her mother have nervous breakdowns? How to interpret her feelings and what is her identity really? The author of the book, Leslie Abser, now an adult, embarks on a journey to know what she was deprived of growing up: the truth. As her father's CIA operation unfolds, Leslie investigates his controversial involvement in the establishment of the dictatorship while gradually coming to terms with her queer identity.
Leslie Absher is an essayist, author of true stories and memoir. Her father was a CIA agent, which marked her childhood. After he came of age, he decided to investigate his possible involvement in the establishment of the junta in Greece, where he was serving.
