Spies' Wives: CIA Families Abroad Book

	Acknowledgments	xv
	Introduction	xvii
	You Know You are a CIA Dependent When...	xix
Chapter I	Fasten Your Seatbelts	1
	The Emperor Who Waved	3
	Along For The Ride	7
	It's Not Easy Being Green	9
	Sawadii	12
	Unpaid Servitude	16
	First Tour	18
	Sixth Cataract On The Nile	24
	Give Me Three Scotches	26
	Surprise! Surprise!	28
	She Just Kept Ironing	29
	From Washington to Udornthani	30
Chapter II	The Hidden Side of Life Overseas	35
	Tradecraft, African Style	36
	Friendships	37
	Cover Doesn't Cover	39
	Looking For Trouble	40
	The Bomb and the Zombie in Saigon	42
	I Led Two Lives	46
	Three Weeks With Oleg	49
	The Big Purse	53
Chapter III	I Don't Think We're in Kansas, Toto	61
	Heads Or Tails	62
	Walk In My Shoes	63
	Ladies Of The Night	65
	Repairs	67
	A New Kind of Pasta	69
	It Hurt to Laugh	71
	A Cambodian Refugee Camp	73
	Hardship Post	78
	It's My Mediterranean Blood	81
	The Frustrated Sink	82
	Beads, Borders, and Batik	83
	A Guardian Angel in a Foreign Land	85
	Driving Woes	88
	The Big One	90
	Island Fever	92
	Passports, Please	94
	Say What You Mean or Mean What You Say	95
	I Remember Her Well	96
	Who Is the Blind One?	97
	Oh, Thank You	98
	Cops and Robbers	99
	Cell Block C	101
	Keep Your Pecker Up	102
	Who Is the Non-Conformist?	103
	The Best Laid Plans	104
	A Life of Contrasts	107
Chapter IV	Master and Madame	109
	Life in Mogadishu	110
	A Picture Is Definitely Worth A Few Words	113
	X Rated Help	115
	More Than One Way To Kill A Germ	117
	Polish It Until It Shines	118
	Hot Stuff	119
	Sweets Before Salt	120
	The Joys of Household Help	121
	Thi Hai--Guardian of Children	124
	Hostess With The Mostest	126
	Malesh, My Foot	128
	Army Of Pigs	129
	Baby Of The House	130
Chapter V	The "Shrinking Bird" Disease	131
	Hidden Passion	132
	Booze and Boys	134
	Bald-Faced Lies and Cambodian Skirts	137
Chapter VI	Happy Holidays	141
	Three Happy Holidays	142
	The Party	145
	Thanksgiving Memory	155
Chapter VII	See Spot Run	157
	The Roaches Wore Wedding Dresses	158
	The Cobra Who Came To Dinner	160
	But My Dog Doesn't Bite!	161
	These Boots Are Made For Stomping	162
	Jalle	163
	Dinner Entertainment	164
	Charlie	165
	Rome, The City Of Cats	166
	Oh Rats!	167
Chapter VIII	Contract Wives	169
	Hearts, Minds and Orange Soda	171
	The Lost Opportunity	175
	From The Ground Up	179
	Honey, I'll Be Late	181
Chapter IX	Pink Slips and Other Dirty Laundry	183
	The Halloween Massacre	184
	Marry Me And You Are Fired	190
Chapter X	Women and Children First	193
	Be Prepared For Eight Hours Of Inconvenience	194
	Evacuations	200
	Somalia Under Siege	201
Chapter XI	Out in the Cold	205
	Eulogy For Eva G.	206
	Confessions Of A Deep Cover Wife	209
	Under Cover Child--Life Outside the Embassy	213
Chapter XII	The Next Generation	215
	The Agency Brat	216
	Laos Showers	220
	Lucky Thirteen	222
	Wishful Fishing	226
	My Dad	228
	Lies and Truths	230
	Contributors	235
	Glossary	239