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Sandy, a 1960’s FBI wife finds herself in territory for which there seems to be no roadmap, yet she knows she is somewhere important , an observer and a participant in an unfolding scene which is impacting her as she moves from assignment to assignment across country under Hoover’s rigid FBI expectations. Caught in this world, juxtaposed against the social explosions of the time, Sandy takes the reader on an emotional journey across country, through assassinations, civil rights marches and national investigations knowing all the while she is giving up more and more of herself.
The FBI Wife edition by Sandra Windsor Shana Kelly Health Fitness Dieting eBooks
A direct and personal read - it moves along nicely and makes you understand the perspective of those who are also impacted by service. Interesting perspective on the FBI and history that is new and refreshing.Product details
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The FBI Wife edition by Sandra Windsor Shana Kelly Health Fitness Dieting eBooks Reviews
A remarkable woman has written the story of her remarkable life. Sandra Windsor was married to an FBI agent in the turbulent 1960’s during the reign of J. Edgar Hoover. Her husband’s work brought her close to historic events, from the assassination of President Kennedy to Dr. King’s march on Washington and many more. Reading history through the words of someone who lived through it, I felt personally involved and amazed to get a front seat perspective and personal point of view on those times. And while the history makes a fascinating background for this memoir, Sandra’s life story is a page-turning foreground as she navigates raising four children with a husband who’s often absent, negotiates for love in the face of differing beliefs, and endures difficult moves from north to south and east to west. In the end, she wrests education, success, and community from hardship, stress, and loneliness. This journey is quite a read, and the writing style is clear, honest, and super real.
Ms. Windsor has crafted a historically sweeping page-turner that provides the reader with an unflinchingly honest peek into the life of a FBI Agent, a FBI family, and a FBI wife who is struggling, yet determined, to make her voice heard. A great read!
A fascinating read! Sandra provides an intimate glimpse into the life most of us will never experience--the wife of an FBI agent. Sandra's introspecation allows the reader to relate to her life circumstances, experience her struggles and share her love of life and family. It reminded me of "Mrs. Kennedy and Me" by Clint Hill. Historical events personalized through another's eyes. I couldn't put it down!
In The FBI Wife, Sandra takes us on a fascinating trip through historical events in a personal story told through the eyes of a loving and devoted wife and mother. She walks us through her raw and pure emotions from a marriage where she took second place to her husband’s FBI career and oftentimes handling the Browning household as a single mother. Sandra’s honest and descriptive story is one where many women can relate at one point or another in their lives.
It’s an excellent and easy read!
I wanted to wait until I completed a second reading of this fascinating and honest memoir before writing an assessment of Sandra Windsor's beautifully written personal story of "two marriages" that occur simultaneously. In addition to her commitment to raising, virtually alone, two young children, Sandra's commitment to her husband and to the role she must play in the chaotic world of the F.B.I. she discovers a heart that is lonely and unsettled. Eventually, the author strikes out seeking adventures that provide new challenges and loving friends which ultimately begin to feed her soul. Sandra's resilience to the drama unfolding at the gate of her personal life coupled with the social upheaval of the 1960's and the demands placed on F.B.I. agents, become the backdrop of her unceasing journey to reestablish a world on which she can depend. There exists throughout the story strains of betrayal and the feeling of having no control over her life. Ultimately, the reader wants to move forward with her and her children in an attempt to reach that point where Sandra finally comes to a place where she stands alone, looking across the chasm into the face of another, and finds them both smiling the same smile.
I started reading this book with interest, had mixed emotions while I was reading it and regretted having invested the time when I finished.
The book describes the trials and tribulations of Sandra Browning. She is the wife of FBI agent Clifton Browning. The story starts not with their wedding, but with Clifton's decision to leave his employment with Sandra's family and apply for a job with the FBI. And with this starts a long life of resentment on the part of the author towards her husband's calling and dream job.
Sandra has many bones of contention with the FBI. Clifton and Sandra have four children and Sandra does not like the fact that Clifton's job turns him into an absentee husband and father. She resents having to be the main and often only parent to take care of the children and run the household. Another stressor for Sandra is the continual moving. She becomes very adept at turning rental properties into homes (nice touch choosing different colors for the front doors) as well as packing up the entire household and moving over and over. She complains that Hoover is a stingy director who short-changes his agents. Sandra is furious with her husband for not consulting her whenever they move. She is very negative about an eventual move to the New York area (I know many people who are excited about moving to New York) and her negative mindset does not make things any easier on her or her marriage. She has child three and four in rapid succession and struggles (who wouldn't?) with post-partum depression. Due to the family's constant moving she does not have her family in close physical proximity and thus cannot rely on their constant and present support. Nonetheless her parents, just like parents do, love her deeply and are as supportive as possible from a distance. Sandra is upset about informants who call her at home to pass on messages to her husband. A crazy neighbor in D.C. starts making intimidating phone calls and breaks into her home - this too seems to be the fault of her husband's employer. When a noted killer breaks loose in Aspen, Sandra frets about the safety of her daughter. Other daughters and women are probably in just as great a danger if not more danger than Sandra's daughter. Sandra also blames the abrupt end of her husband's career on the FBI. Does the husband not have any responsibility about making the decision to operate a machine in inclement weather? She makes sure to include her husband's complaint about a job that never materialized and is one factor in her husband's departure. What other complaints about the FBI am I missing? Many. Read the book if you are wondering. Clifton, in line with the requirements of his job has to, at the very least, issue a warning when Sandra's colleagues smoke pot in public. Today this would not be an issue in Colorado. Back in the 70ies this was illegal. The author is furious with her husband at 'meddling in her career'. What is he supposed to do? Look the other way?
Sandra has a whole litany of complaints about her husband's chosen career. And it goes on and on and on. Did Clifton not provide for his family through his job with the FBI? Did Clifton not work hard at his job? Did Sandra not end up with a decent pension thanks to the FBI? It cannot be easy for a man to pursue his dream job while facing constant resentment from his life partner. Imagine how much more pleasant Clifton's short life would have been had he had an emotionally supportive, grateful, upbeat, positive and 'proud' partner at his side!
Clifton loves his job and he loves his wife (they did manage to have four children). Does the wife love him? She seems so resentful that any positive feelings she manages to conjure up about him sound like platitudes.
Many memoirs are private therapy sessions at the cost of the public. "FBI wife" is a classic case. The reader is left with the impression that Sandra needs to rework her ambiguous feelings about her first marriage and does so by writing a book about it. Who is her audience? It's not the general public. Nor can it be her children or grandchildren (this ain't no tribute to husband #1!). Maybe her intended audience are people who resent the FBI? Without any doubt her audience of one if Sandra Browning. I suppose you could also add anyone who has a bone to pick with Clifton or any person who resents their spouse's career.
I enjoy reading when reading challenges my own perspective, gives me new insights or is inspirational. This book fulfilled none of these reasons.
The book's title is cleverly chosen. FBI wife. Sandra is the wife of an FBI agent. Over and over she complains about having to compete with the FBI for her husband's time and attention. For her the FBI is her husband's 'other wife'.
Photos would have made the book more interesting. Black and white photos are affordable when it comes to production costs. I would like to have seen pictures of the couple before children, with young children and towards the end of the marriage included in the book.
Although the story spans the life of Sandra Browning, I find it interesting that the author chooses to publish it under the name of her second marriage. The life she writes about covers the decades of her life as Sandra Browning, not those of Sandra Windsor.
As an English high school teacher one would expect Sandra to know how to write well. Her comparisons of 'the flow of her life' to the passage of nearby streams came across hackneyed and cliché.
So what does the reader take from the book after investing the time to read several hundred pages? What makes this story so unique or special? There are and have been tens of thousands of FBI agents since the seventies and thus there are and have been many FBI wives (and husbands) out there. Surely some of these spouses can write books that are neither trite, nor highly judgmental, not so self-absorbed, not continually negative nor frustratingly shallow.
So why read Sandra's book?
I do not know.
A direct and personal read - it moves along nicely and makes you understand the perspective of those who are also impacted by service. Interesting perspective on the FBI and history that is new and refreshing.
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