A woman's mother reveals her past as an MI5 agent after years of secrecy.
For most of the 1960s, my mother worked for MI5 , the domestic wing of the British Intelligence Services . I've always known this. But I've never known much more than this. That's because my mother, Sheila, has never revealed anything in the way of detail. She signed the Official Secrets Act, after all — a blanket ban on ever disclosing anything about one's work with the service. But then one night in 2014, she let the curtain fall — at her book club , of all places.
She was presenting Ian McEwan's novelMy mother talked as much about her own experience with MI5 that night. The dozen or so members of my mother's book club were stunned by this revelation. So was I. She had offered up more detail than she had ever shared with me. And I began to see this as my opening. Perhaps now, at the age of 80, she would finally tell me the whole story.Sheila in London in 1962. She was one year into her career at MI5. (Submitted by Camilla Gibb)My mother, Sheila, has always been something of a mystery to me. She is discreet and reserved about most things, including information and emotio
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