{"product_id":"the-red-daughter-paperback","title":"The Red Daughter - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Burnham Schwartz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRunning from her father's brutal legacy, Joseph Stalin's daughter defects to the United States during the turbulence of the 1960s. For fans of \u003ci\u003eWe Were the Lucky Ones\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Gentleman in Moscow, \u003c\/i\u003e this sweeping historical novel and unexpected love story is inspired by the remarkable life of Svetlana Alliluyeva.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eThe Red Daughter \u003c\/i\u003edoes exactly what good historical fiction should do: It sends you down the rabbit hole to read and learn more.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In one of the most momentous events of the Cold War, Svetlana Alliluyeva, the only daughter of the Soviet despot Joseph Stalin, abruptly abandoned her life in Moscow in 1967, arriving in New York to throngs of reporters and a nation hungry to hear her story. By her side is Peter Horvath, a young lawyer sent by the CIA to smuggle Svetlana into America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e She is a contradictory celebrity: charismatic and headstrong, lonely and haunted, excited and alienated by her adopted country's radically different society. Persuading herself that all she yearns for is a simple American life, she attempts to settle into a suburban existence in Princeton, New Jersey. But one day an invitation from the widow of the architect Frank Lloyd Wright arrives, and Svetlana impulsively joins her cultlike community at Taliesin West. When this dream ends in disillusionment, Svetlana reaches out to Peter, the one person who understands how the chains of her past still hold her prisoner. Their relationship changes and deepens, moving from America to England to the Soviet Union and back again, unfolding under the eyes of her CIA minders, and Svetlana's and Peter's private lives are no longer their own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Novelist John Burnham Schwartz's father was in fact the young lawyer who escorted Svetlana Alliluyeva to the United States. Drawing upon private papers and years of extensive research, Schwartz imaginatively re-creates the story of an extraordinary, troubled woman's search for a new life and a place to belong, in the powerful, evocative prose that has made him an acclaimed author of literary and historical fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Red Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Svetlana Alliluyeva's life was endlessly fascinating, often heartbreaking, and ultimately heroic. I don't think any writer alive could have told her story more beautifully than John Burnham Schwartz.\"\u003cb\u003e--David Benioff, co-creator of HBO's \u003ci\u003eGame of Thrones\u003c\/i\u003e and author of \u003ci\u003eCity of Thieves\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eThe Red Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e is an intimate, intricate look at the collision of geopolitics with a private life: surprising and engaging from beginning to end.\"\u003cb\u003e--Jennifer Egan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Burnham Schwartz \u003c\/b\u003eis the bestselling author of five novels, including \u003ci\u003eNorthwest Corner, The Commoner, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eReservation Road, \u003c\/i\u003e which was made into a film based on his screenplay. His books have been translated into twenty languages, and he has done extensive screen and television writing for the major Hollywood studios, including as screenwriter of HBO Films' \u003ci\u003eThe Wizard of Lies\u003c\/i\u003e starring Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer, for which he was nominated for a 2018 Writers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Writing. Literary Director of the Sun Valley Writers' Conference, he lives in Brooklyn with his wife, writer Aleksandra Crapanzano, and their son, Garrick.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 02, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768946884896,"sku":"9780812980523","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e471ed6139073f3d02e789176a10e86f.webp?v=1780340337","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-red-daughter-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}