Breaking the Code: A Father's Secret, a Daughter's Journey, and the Question That Changed Everything

Fisher-Alaniz, Karen

ISBN 10: 1402261128 / ISBN 13: 9781402261121

Published by Sourcebooks, Naperville, Illinois, 2011

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Soft cover book is a clean tight unmarked copy.

Seller Inventory # 036937

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Breaking the Code: A Father's Secret, a Daughter's Journey, and the Question That Changed Everything
• Publisher: Sourcebooks, Naperville, Illinois
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1402261128
• ISBN 13: 9781402261121
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • World War II Studies

About this title

Synopsis

On his 81st birthday, without explanation, Karen Fisher-Alaniz's father placed two weathered notebooks on her lap. Inside were more than 400 pages of letters he'd written to his parents during WWII. She began reading them, and the more she read, the more she discovered about the man she never knew.

They began to meet for lunch every week, for her to ask him questions, and him to provide the answers. It was through this process that she discovered the secret role he played in WWII. Karen's father was part of a small and elite group of men who were trained to copy and break top-secret Japanese code transmitted in Katakana.

Through this journey, with painful memories now at the forefront of his thoughts, Karen's father began to suffer, making their meetings as much about healing as discovery. Thus began an unintended journey―one taken by a father and daughter who thought they knew each other―as they became newly bound in ways that transcended age and time.

About the Author

Karen Alaniz (http://www.storymatters2.com/) is an author and writer, who began the journey of writing this memoir when her father handed her a collection of letters on his 81st birthday. She lives in Walla Walla, WA.