Monthly Book Group - The Daughters of Yalta

The untold story of the three intelligent and glamorous young women who accompanied their famous fathers to the Yalta Conference in February 1945, and of the conference’s fateful reverberations in the waning days of World War II

Tensions at Yalta threatened to tear apart the wartime alliance of Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin just as victory was close at hand. Catherine Grace Katz uncovers the dramatic story of the three young women who were chosen by their fathers to travel with them to Yalta, each bound by fierce family loyalty, political savvy, and intertwined romances that powerfully colored these crucial days.

Kathleen Harriman, daughter of U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union Averell Harriman, was a war correspondent and champion skier. Sarah Churchill, an actress-turned-RAF officer, was devoted to her brilliant father, who depended on her astute political mind. Roosevelt’s only daughter, Anna, chosen instead of her mother, Eleanor, to accompany the president to Yalta, arrived there as keeper of her father’s most damaging secrets. Situated in the political maelstrom that marked the transition to the postwar world, The Daughters of Yalta is a remarkable story of fathers and daughters whose relationships were tested and strengthened by the history they witnessed and the future they crafted together.

Please note that the group meets on the third Wednesday of the month and the group will be having lunch at the PYCC Clubhouse at 12:30 before the regular book group discussion.

Upcoming Selections:

January - The Wardrobe Mistress by Meghan Masterson

Try using Z-library to get a copy of the book.   https://b-ok.cc/.  It is an online library with literally millions of books to download for free or with a modest donation. 

Please Register so we know how many are coming.  For questions, call/text Mollie @ 321-446-4535.

Location:  PYCC Clubhouse.