Stalin’s Daughter by Rosemary Sullivan
The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva
A deeply researched biography of Svetlana Alliluyeva, the only daughter of Joseph Stalin, charting her childhood in the shadow of a tyrant, the trauma of her mother’s death, her use as a Soviet symbol, and her dramatic defection to the United States. It follows her restless search for belonging through multiple marriages, separations from her children, moves across continents, and periodic returns to the USSR and Russia, revealing a woman struggling to escape an inherited identity. The narrative illuminates the intimate costs of power, propaganda, and exile across the 20th century.
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- Published
- 2015
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Length
- Long
- Pages
- 700-800
- Original Language
- English
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