{"product_id":"only-one-year-a-memoir-paperback","title":"Only One Year: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSvetlana Alliluyeva\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Among the great Russian autobiographical works: Herzen, Kropotkin, Tolstoy's \u003cem\u003eConfession\u003c\/em\u003e.\" --Edmund Wilson, \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAfter the success of her \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling childhood memoir \u003cem\u003eTwenty Letters to a Friend\u003c\/em\u003e, Josef Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva--subject of Rosemary Sullivan's critically acclaimed biography \u003cem\u003eStalin's Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e--penned this riveting account of her year-long journey to defect from the USSR and start a new life in America.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of \u003cem\u003eOnly One Year\u003c\/em\u003e begins on December 19, 1966, as Svetlana Alliluyeva leaves Russia for India, on a one-month visa, in the custody of an employee of the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It ends on December 19, 1967, in Princeton, New Jersey, as she and two American friends join in a toast to her new life of freedom. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat year of pain, discovery, turmoil, and new hope reaches its climax with her decision to break completely from the world of Communism, to turn her back on her country, her children, and the legacy of her notorious father--Joseph Stalin. Why did she make such a drastic choice? This book, a detailed account of reality in the USSR, is her explanation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrank, fascinating, and thoroughly engrossing, \u003cem\u003eOnly One Year\u003c\/em\u003e reveals life behind the Iron Curtain, the risks and subterfuge of defection, and one extraordinary woman's fight for her future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn this remarkable memoir, Svetlana Alliluyeva reveals her struggle to break completely from the world of Communism and the legacy of her notorious father --Joseph Stalin--\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e by defecting from\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e the USSR to\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e the United States.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOnly One Year\u003c\/em\u003e begins on December 19, 1966, as Alliluyeva leaves Russia for India, on a one-month visa, in the custody of a staff member of the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It ends on December 19, 1967, in Princeton, New Jersey, as she and two American friends toast to her new life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy would a woman flee the only world she has ever known? Brutally honest and moving, \u003cem\u003eOnly One Year\u003c\/em\u003e is the personal story of a dictator's daughter who, trapped behind the Iron Curtain, made the drastic decision to defect. And now--nearly fifty years after its initial publication--Alliluyeva's compelling narrative of suffering, sacrifice, and subterfuge becomes all the more poignant because\u003cbr\u003eher escape ultimately did not bring her the freedom she so desperately sought.\u003c\/p\u003e--Edmund Wilson, \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, ORIGINAL EDITION\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn this remarkable memoir, Svetlana Alliluyeva reveals her struggle to break completely from the world of Communism and the legacy of her notorious father --Joseph Stalin--\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e by defecting from\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e the USSR to\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e the United States.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOnly One Year\u003c\/em\u003e begins on December 19, 1966, as Alliluyeva leaves Russia for India, on a one-month visa, in the custody of a staff member of the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It ends on December 19, 1967, in Princeton, New Jersey, as she and two American friends toast to her new life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy would a woman flee the only world she has ever known? Brutally honest and moving, \u003cem\u003eOnly One Year\u003c\/em\u003e is the personal story of a dictator's daughter who, trapped behind the Iron Curtain, made the drastic decision to defect. And now--nearly fifty years after its initial publication--Alliluyeva's compelling narrative of suffering, sacrifice, and subterfuge becomes all the more poignant because\u003cbr\u003eher escape ultimately did not bring her the freedom she so desperately sought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 24, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44441253642342,"sku":"9780062442628","price":27.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/eXVwNWlLSnJBektTbkQxckV5ak4zZz09.webp?v=1770558722","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/only-one-year-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}