InfluentialfeministwriterandintellectualGermaineGreertracksthelifeofherfather,anAustralianintelligenceofficerduringWorldWarII,whodiedinherchildhood.Asecretiveman,RegGreertookpainstohidehisworking-classroots.Asshepainstakinglyassemblesthejigsawpiecesofhislife,Germainediscoverssurprisingsecretsaboutherfather,herfamily,andherself.Obsessedwithfamilyhistory,Greerischasingnotjustherfather'slifestory,buttheparentalloveshealwaysfeltdeprivedof.Brimmingwithemotion,loss,regret,fury,andtheintensedepthoflove,thisbookoffersamovingclimax--aswellassharpobservationsaboutAustraliancultureduringthewar.