Author Catherine Grace Katz will lead a di scussion of her book\, The Daughters of Yalta at the Georgetown N eighborhood Library Thursday\, October 26 at 6:30 PM in the \;
\n"The story of the fascinating and fateful "daughter diplomacy" of Anna Ro osevelt\, Sarah Churchill\, and Kathleen Harriman\, three glamorous young women who accompanied their famous fathers to the Yalta Conference with St alin in the waning days of World War II"-- Provided by publisher.
\nTensions during the Yalta Conference in February 1945 threatened to tear a part the wartime alliance among Franklin Roosevelt\, Winston Churchill\, a nd Joseph Stalin just as victory was close at hand. Katz uncovers the dram atic story of the three young women who were chosen by their fathers to tr avel with them to Yalta. Anna Roosevelt\, Sarah Churchill\, and Kathleen H arriman were each bound by fierce family loyalty\, political savvy\, and i ntertwined romances that powerfully colored these crucial days. Situated i n the political maelstrom that marked the transition to a post- war world\ , their relationships were tested and strengthened by the history they wit nessed and the future they crafted together. -- adapted from jacket
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