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Stalin's daughter by rosemary sullivan6/25/2023 ![]() ![]() What’s the point of praising a biographer for writing compassionately about the person at the heart of a biography? After all, we expect a writer who spends a great deal of time unearthing the private minutiae of someone’s life-sifting through the details and determining which are the most relevant for readers-to at least be inclined to kindness to the person they dedicate so much time to.īiographer Rosemary Sullivan seems like the only person who has ever really listened to Svetlana Alliluyeva, who was Stalin’s only daughter. In the days leading up to the March 17 announcement of the 2015 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights the thirty finalists. Today, NBCC board member Clay Smith on biography finalist “Stalin’s Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva” by Rosemary Sullivan (Harper). ![]()
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