My Father's Shadow
a memoir
$33.01
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
31 August 2023
Summary
My Father’s Shadow: A Daughter’s Memoir of Love, Politics, and Divided Loyalties
My father, political activist Samuel Mark Goldbloom, was my hero and my nemesis all the days of his life.
Sandra Goldbloom Zurbo grew up in thrall to her father, a prominent socialist and covert member of the Communist Party. From an early age, she adopted his political beliefs, becoming a supporter of the Soviet Union and an anti-war advocate. She travelled with him, meeting figures su…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781922979186 |
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| ISBN-10: | 192297918X |
| Author: | Sandra Goldbloom Zurbo |
| Publisher: | Monash University Publishing |
| Imprint: | Monash University Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 31 August 2023 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
It’s one thing to have a complicated relationship growing up with a tough demanding father who is also a political legend. It’s quite another thing, writes Sandra Goldbloom Zurbo in this moving memoir, to sit at his deathbed and refuse his final demand.
– Anne Summers AOAbout The Author
Sandra Goldbloom Zurbo
Sandra Goldbloom Zurbo is the author of the novel The Book of Rachel (Allen & Unwin). Several of her short stories and poems have been published in literary magazines, including Griffith Review and Westerly. In 1982 Sandra established Dead Set, the first desktop publishing company to work specifically with book and journal publishers. Concurrently, and for the past forty years, she has worked as a non-fiction editor and proofreader for leading academic and trade publishers. Born and raised in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda, she now lives, gardens and writes in Castlemaine, a goldfields town in central Victoria.
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