The account begins with a rather tedious account of Wilson's acceptance into the CIA and her training to become a spy. Only when she delves into the details surrounding the leak of her covert status by journalist Robert Novak does the autobiography suddenly spring to life. Wilson's recollections of the disgust and hurt she endured for three years are vivid and eye-opening. Reading about how she and her husband were reduced to pawns in the Bush administration's game of warmongering angered and astonished me. What also threw me for a loop was seeing all the blacked out material that was censored by the CIA's publications review board. There are whole pages of Wilson's account excised from the final product, and it's for this reason that a long but informative afterword by Laura Rozen is necessary to tell the whole story. If you enjoy politics, suspense, and nonfiction, this is just the book for you!