book review
Liza Mundy to discuss 'The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA' on Wednesday, Jan. 31 at Collected Works
AT COLLECTED WORKS IN SANTA FE
Liza Mundy will discuss her new book 鈥淭he Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA鈥� at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31 at Collected Works.
The book reveals the significant roles that women played at the creation of the Central Intelligence Agency after World War II, despite the discrimination against them. The book explains how women who started at the agency as clerks, secretaries or unpaid spouses became some of its smartest operatives, keeping agency secrets, making dead drops and sending cables. Given the fact that they were considered unlikely spies, they were able to moved about in European capitals stealing secrets from the Russians. Then in the years after the Cold War, a network of female CIA analysts raised a red flag about the threat of al-Qaida, though their warnings were often dismissed.
In the author鈥檚 note, Mundy says the book 鈥渢ells the story of one pf the biggest transformations in CIA culture, from a male-dominated institution where women were seen as typists and sexual playthings to one where women propelled some of the agencies most important successes.鈥�
Mundy is an award-winning journalist and a New York Times bestselling author of four previous books, including 鈥淐ode Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II.鈥�
Collected Works is located at 202 Galisteo St., downtown Santa Fe.
Liza Mundy to discuss 'The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA' on Wednesday, Jan. 31 at Collected Works
AT BOOKWORKS IN ALBUQUERQUE
Co-authors Lisa Lucas and Debrianna Mansini of Santa Fe will be in conversation at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30 at Bookworks about their new book 鈥淭hat Time We Ate Our Feelings: 150 Recipes for Comfort Food from the Heart.鈥� The two women launched 鈥淐orona Kitchen,鈥� an unscripted nightly cooking how on Facebook and YouTube during the pandemic.
Lucas has also produced and written more than 30 TV series, including ABC鈥檚 鈥淭he Bachelorette,鈥� Bravo鈥檚 鈥淲ork of Art鈥� and NBC鈥檚 Emmy-winning 鈥淢y 1st Time.鈥� Mansini is known for her role as Fran in AMC鈥檚 鈥淏reaking Bad鈥� and 鈥淏etter Call Saul,鈥� and for playing opposite Jeff Bridges in 鈥淐razy Heart.鈥�
鈥淟isa and Debrianna鈥檚 humor and personalities shine through in this eclectic collection of comfort food and stories. 鈥� Their insights and recipes provide the perfect amount of comfort, and it鈥檚 clear why these ladies and 鈥楥orona Kitchen鈥� became such a runaway hit during the uncertainty and loneliness of the pandemic,鈥� Valerie Plame, a former CIA operative, wrote in a blurb for the cookbook.
Bookworks is located at 4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW.
BOOK ABOUT APACHE LEADERS
Steve Price is the author of 鈥淩iding with Cochise: The Apache Story of America鈥檚 Longest War,鈥� published in 2023. It looks at the history of the American Southwest in the mid-19th century through the eyes of Cochise and three other Apache leaders 鈥� Geronimo, Victorio and Mangas Coloradas. Price is a contributing editor for Field & Stream magazine. A former New Mexico resident, he lives in Arkansas.
鈥� By David Steinberg/For the Journal
