The Artist And The Spy - Maria Termini

In my memoir, The Artist and the Spy, passion, fear, the joy of
creating art, lost hopes, and new life intertwine in my unsettling
six-year long relationship with a mysterious military officer.
I am irresistibly attracted to Lt. Col. Matthew Cordes’ life of
adventure and danger, which leads me to a point of no escape.
My story takes place in Washington DC, New York City, and
Boston during the time of the Vietnam War and sheds light on
the unknown story of Matt’s betrayal by his own government
and the deadly reality of intelligence leaks. I alone witnessed
how Matt tried to leave the world of combat and spying to seek
a peaceful civilian life and how he was pressured by the CIA
and FBI to return to covert operations. I was an art student
in graduate school, in love with Matt, as he became trapped
in a bureaucratic limbo, suffered from PTSD, and fell into
an ever-increasing spiral of depression, paranoia, and poverty.
I struggled to survive with our twins in an atmosphere of
growing danger and to become free to fulfill my calling
to be an artist, clinging to hope for a better future, which
came with a high cost.

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