A Woman I Know

Female Spies, Double Identities, and a New Story of the Kennedy Assassination

By: Mary Haverstick

Narrated by: Mary Haverstick

The true story of a filmmaker whose investigation of her film’s subject opened a new window onto the world of Cold War espionage, CIA secrets, and the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Independent filmmaker Mary Haverstick thought she’d stumbled onto the project of a lifetime—a biopic of aviation pioneer Jerrie Cobb, the key figure in a group of extraordinary women who in 1960 passed the same tests as the legendary male astronauts of the Mercury 7 but never went to space. Just as casting was set to begin, Haverstick received a mysterious warning from a government agent; soon she began to suspect that there was more to Jerrie’s story than what met the eye. As she dug deeper, she discovered that Jerrie’s life shadowed that of a mysterious CIA agent named June Cobb, whose espionage career traced an arc of intrigue from the jungles of South America to Fidel Castro’s Cuba, to the communist literary circles in Mexico City—and ultimately into the dark heart of the Kennedy assassination in Dallas.

Haverstick’s attempt to learn the truth directly from Jerrie would plunge her into a cat-and-mouse game that stretched across a decade, deep into a thicket of coded CIA files. As she uncovered a remarkable set of mostly unknown women whose high-stakes intelligence work left its only traces in redacted files, she also found shocking new clues about what really happened at Dealey Plaza in 1963. Offering fresh insight into the Kennedy assassination and a vivid picture of women in midcentury intelligence, A Woman I Know brings to life the astonishing duplicities of the Cold War intelligence game, a world where code names and hidden identities were the lifeblood of spies bent on seeking advantage by any means necessary.

* This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF of images from Mary Haverstick’s impeccable research from this compelling true story.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2023 Mary Haverstick (P)2023 Random House Audio

Great Research

Fascinating story. The author may extrapolate a bit much in the Babuska conclusion. But, other facts are solid.

Excellent read or listen!

Wonderful listen, voice was perfect with tone that shared seriousness and emotion of author. Admire the enormous dedication to pursue the heart of the story. Assumptions back up with logical documented links.

Worth a listen!

The author presents a compelling argument that one CIA agent utilized multiple identities and was associated with many historical events of the 60s including Cuba’s relations with the U.S. and the JFK assassination. Well worth a listen!

Very Interesting

Love the cadence of the story, only issue was that there are several sections of the book that references pictures or footnotes than can be found in the hard copy books that are not available with the audio book but loved the storyline and the conspiracy undertones!

It’s a magic bullet life

Filled with receipts and detail a life is exposed over time. Every American needs this story.

WOW!

I just finished the audiobook and what a truly amazing story.

The depth, magnitude and dedication to the century long research of this story is astounding.

I was just as intrigued as the writer when this story took on a new direction and couldn’t wait to follow it with her.

I love that she included photos of her research findings and can’t wait to see where this story goes next!

a little hard to follow at times

there is a lot of research that went into this and there is probably no easy way to get it all out. you really have to pay attention and go back if you miss anything in order to fully appreciate it. would love to see this as a movie documentary.

Wow

I’m amazed… wonderful book, I’m so mystified… the author did a great job of telling the story in an understandable way, which was no easy feat! What a complex web of info! Gonna need to read again lol

Fantastic story

What an interesting story… I had utterly no idea…
I’ll listen to it again — hopefully all the information will be released in the next few months…

Minutely researched AND wonderfully written.

“…I believe it is my duty, as difficult as it may be, to tell you what I know about this woman who was many things. A spy, an explorer, a gambler, an astronaut, an illusionist, a narcissist, and a con….Jerrie Cobb was many things, but I can say now with a measure of certainty that Jerrie Cobb was but a figment of refracted light.” Ugh. So good. So minutely researched and well written. I inhaled this tome in 24 hours. A must read for history buffs. Mark my word…this will be on the big screen in no time.