New Releases by Rosemary Sullivan

"As a poet and writer, [Rosemary Sullivan] knows that life is lived not as theory but as practice, that . . . you can understand nothing about a place without listening to individual people and their stories." -- Margaret Atwood Incomparable writer, activist, and world traveller Rosemary Sullivan has at long last written a book about herself, about her life quest to "meet the world, to celebrate its richness, to face its darkness." And what a fascinating book it is! Comprised of 21 essays spanning 5 decades and multiple continents, Where the World Was offers a vivid portrait of a writer who is instinctively drawn to other cultures and places. Whether writing about a solo vacation inside the Iron Curtain, meeting the reclusive writer Elizabeth Smart in a dilapidated cottage in the English countryside, reflecting on how Chilean society responded to Pinochet's coup, or tracking down the people who knew Svetlana Alliluyeva for Stalin's Daughter, Sullivan delivers a master class in cultural studies, human rights advocacy, and empathy for the human condition.

Más de 30 millones de personas han leído la historia de Ana Frank, la niña de trece años que se escondió con su familia en Amsterdam durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, solo para ser descubierta por los nazis y enviada a su muerte en un campo de concentración. Pero a pesar del periodismo, libros, obras de teatro y novelas dedicadas al tema, ninguno ha explicado nunca, de manera concluyente, cómo los Frank y otras cuatro personas lograron vivir escondidas sin ser detectadas durante más de dos años, y quién o qué finalmente llevó a los nazis a su puerta. Con esmerado cuidado, un equipo de investigadores estudió detenidamente decenas de miles de páginas de documentos, algunos nunca vistos y entrevistó a decenas de descendientes de personas involucradas, de una forma u otra, con los Frank. Utilizando tecnología de ADN desarrollada recientemente y técnicas de investigación avanzadas del FBI, el equipo de Cold Case recrea los días y semanas antes del arresto de los Frank, y llega a una conclusión impactante. Pero a pesar de todo el análisis que contiene, el gran logro de este libro es que lleva a los lectores a un viaje de regreso a los tiempos de guerra. Ámsterdam, donde, por primera vez, llegamos a comprender cómo era vivir en un lugar concurrido, un lugar donde no importaba cuán rico, educado o cuidadoso fueras, nunca sabías en quién confiar.

Quem traiu Anne Frank? A investigação que revela o segredo jamais contado é a história cativante desta missão. Rosemary Sullivan apresenta-nos os investigadores, explica o comportamento tanto dos cativos como dos seus captores e esboça o perfil de um grupo de suspeitos. Em paralelo, recria com uma extraordinária vividez a Amesterdão da guerra: um lugar no qual, por muito rico, culto ou cuidadoso que se fosse, nunca se sabia em quem se podía confiar. «Sabíamos que não ia ser fácil. O caso tinha mais de setenta e cinco anos. O denunciante e a imensa maioria das testemunhas diretas provavelmente já tinham morrido. E a questão não era tanto quem, mas antes o porquê.» Recorrendo a novas tecnologias, documentos recém-descobertos e técnicas de investigação sofisticadas, uma equipa internacional resolveu por fim o mistério que constituiu a obsessão de várias gerações desde a Segunda Guerra Mundial: quem traiu Anne Frank e a sua família? E porquê? Mais de trinta milhões de pessoas leram o diário que a jovem Anne Frank escreveu enquanto viveu na clandestinidade num sótão de Amesterdão com a família e outras quatro pessoas, durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, até serem descobertas pelos nazis e enviadas para um campo de concentração. Apesar das inúmeras obras — reportagens jornalísticas, ensaios, peças de teatro e romances — que se dedicaram à história de Anne, até à data ninguém tinha conseguido explicar de modo convincente como é que essas oito pessoas conseguiram sobreviver sem serem detetadas durante mais de dois anos, e quem ou o que finalmente conduziu os nazis à sua porta. Com uma dedicação esmerada, o ex-agente do FBI, Vincent Pankoke, e uma equipa de incansáveis investigadores estudaram com afinco dezenas de milhares de documentos, muitos dos quais inéditos, e entrevistaram inúmeros descendentes de pessoas que mantiveram uma relação direta com os Frank. Utilizando métodos desenvolvidos pelo FBI, a Equipa Caso Arquivado reconstruiu minuciosamente os meses anteriores à funesta detenção e chegou a uma conclusão impactante.

Kuka ilmiantoi Anne Frankin ja hänen perheensä? Ja miksi? Toisen maailmansodan aikana Amsterdamissa perheensä kanssa piilossa eläneen 13-vuotiaan Anne Frankin tarinan on lukenut yli 30 miljoonaa ihmistä. Kun natsit löysivät lopulta perheen piilopaikan, heidät lähetettiin keskitysleirille, jossa Anne menetti henkensä. Kansainvälinen Cold Case -tutkintaryhmä käy huolellisesti läpi kymmeniätuhansia sivuja asiakirjoja, joista osa on ennennäkemättömiä, ja haastattelee lukuisia Frankin perheeseen tavalla tai toisella liittyneiden ihmisten jälkeläisiä. Uuden DNA-teknologian ja FBI:n kehittämien tutkintamenetelmien avulla selvittämättömiä rikoksia tutkiva ryhmä rekonstruoi Frankin perheen pidätystä edeltävät päivät ja viikot – ja tekee järkyttävän johtopäätöksen. "Kysymys ei tulisi koskaan olemaan helppo. Tapaus oli yli seitsemänkymmentäviisi vuotta vanha. Pettäjä ja useimmat välittömät todistajat olivat luultavasti kuolleita. Ja kysymys ei ollut vain siitä, kuka, vaan siitä miksi.” ROSEMARY SULLIVAN on kirjoittanut 15 teosta, viimeisimpänä elämäkerran Stalinin tytär. Se on julkaistu 23 maassa, ja Biographers' International Organization myönsi sille Plutarch -palkinnon. Kirja oli myös ehdolla PEN/Bograd Weld -elämäkertapalkinnon ja National Books Critics Circle -palkinnon saajaksi. Canadian Society for Yad Vashem myönsi holokaustihistorian palkinnon hänen teokselleen Villa Air-Bel. Rosemary Sullivan on Toronton yliopiston emeritaprofessori ja hän on luennoinut Kanadassa, USA:ssa, Euroopassa, Intiassa ja Latinalaisessa Amerikassa.

A New York Times Bestseller Less a mystery unsolved than a secret well kept... Using new technology, recently discovered documents and sophisticated investigative techniques, an international team—led by an obsessed retired FBI agent—has finally solved the mystery that has haunted generations since World War II: Who betrayed Anne Frank and her family? And why? Over thirty million people have read The Diary of a Young Girl, the journal teen-aged Anne Frank kept while living in an attic with her family and four other people in Amsterdam during World War II, until the Nazis arrested them and sent them to a concentration camp. But despite the many works—journalism, books, plays and novels—devoted to Anne’s story, none has ever conclusively explained how these eight people managed to live in hiding undetected for over two years—and who or what finally brought the Nazis to their door. With painstaking care, retired FBI agent Vincent Pankoke and a team of indefatigable investigators pored over tens of thousands of pages of documents—some never before seen—and interviewed scores of descendants of people familiar with the Franks. Utilizing methods developed by the FBI, the Cold Case Team painstakingly pieced together the months leading to the infamous arrest—and came to a shocking conclusion. The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation is the riveting story of their mission. Rosemary Sullivan introduces us to the investigators, explains the behavior of both the captives and their captors and profiles a group of suspects. All the while, she vividly brings to life wartime Amsterdam: a place where no matter how wealthy, educated, or careful you were, you never knew whom you could trust.

A vital new history of twentieth century Germany. Vividly told, this is an accessible story of families, persecution and loose ends.

An updated edition of the groundbreaking anthology that explores the proliferation of gendered violence From Harvey Weinstein to Brett Kavanaugh, accusations of gender violence saturate today's headlines. In this fully revised edition of Gender Violence, Laura L. O'Toole, Jessica R. Schiffman, and Rosemary Sullivan bring together a new, interdisciplinary group of scholars, with up-to-date material on emerging issues like workplace harassment, transgender violence, intersectionality, and the #MeToo movement. Contributors provide a fresh, informed perspective on gender violence, in all of its various forms. With twenty-nine new contributors, and twelve original essays, the third edition now includes emerging contemporary issues such as LGBTQ violence, sex work, and toxic masculinity. A trailblazing text, Gender Violence, Third Edition is an essential read for students, activists, and others.

From the author of the Governor General's Award winner Shadow Maker and the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize winner Stalin's Daughter More than thirty years after the publication of The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood, international award-winning and bestselling author, continues to be a household name. Now, the TV adaptation of the novel has turned Atwood's handmaids into a symbol around the globe. But who is Margaret Atwood? Rosemary Sullivan, award-winning biographer and poet, has penned the first portrait of Canada's most famous novelist, a woman who helped to shatter the paradigm of the artist as exclusively male. In Margaret Atwood: Starting Out, Rosemary Sullivan explores the trajectory of a remarkable writer's career. She focuses on Atwood's formative years through to the late 1970s, when the major elements of Atwood's life--the publication of Surfacing, Power Politics, and The Edible Woman; her relationship with writer Graeme Gibson; the birth of her daughter; and her focus on Canadian culture--are set in place. A stunning blend of narrative and meditation, of discovery and insight, Margaret Atwood: Starting Out is a major portrait of one of Canada's most provocative writers who is out ahead, throwing back clues about the pleasure and pitfalls of being human. "An exemplary work of literary biography." --Toronto Star

Con acceso a los archivos del KGB, la CIA, y de los distintos gobiernos soviéticos, Rosemary Sullivan recompone las piezas de la increíble vida de Svetlana Alliluyeva, la hija mayor de Stalin, en una magistral biografía. Nacida durante los primeros años de la Unión Soviética, Svetlana creció dentro de los muros del Kremlin. Los altos cargos del Partido Comunista la protegieron del exterior ocultándole la hambruna y las purgas que arrasaban su país. Tras la muerte de su padre, y a medida que iba descubriendo la magnitud de la crueldad del régimen, Svetlana rompió su silencio y en 1967 conmocionó al mundo huyendo a Estados Unidos. Profunda y ambiciosa, esta biografía pinta el insólito retrato de una mujer atormentada, utilizada como un peón en la Guerra Fría y, que a pesar de sus repetidos intentos por desvincularse del pasado, se vio siempre atrapada por la alargada sombra de su padre. Sullivan logra explorar un personaje complejo en un aún más complejo contexto sin nunca perder de vista la poderosa historia humana, y reabriendo a lo largo del proceso, las puertas cerradas de la brutal Historia del corto siglo XX que tanto nos fascina.

Plutarch Award Winner and Boston Globe Best Book of the Year: An "extraordinary" biography of the Soviet dictator's daughter, Svetlana ( The Washington Post). National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist PEN Literary Award Finalist New York Times Notable Book Washington Post Notable Book Born in the early years of the Soviet Union, Svetlana Stalin spent her youth inside the walls of the Kremlin. Communist Party privilege protected her from the mass starvation and oppression that haunted Russia, but she did not escape tragedy. Her mother committed suicide, and her father's purges claimed the lives of aunts and uncles; he also exiled her lover to Siberia. As she gradually learned about the extent of her father's brutality after his death, Svetlana could no longer keep quiet and in 1967 shocked the world by defecting to the United States—leaving her two children behind. But although she was never a part of her father's regime, she could not escape his legacy. Her life in America was fractured; she moved frequently, married disastrously, shunned other Russian exiles, and ultimately died in poverty in Wisconsin. With access to KGB, CIA, and Soviet government archives, as well as the close cooperation of Svetlana's daughter, Rosemary Sullivan pieces together Svetlana's incredible life in a masterful account both epic in scope and of unprecedented intimacy. Illustrated with photographs "Alliluyeva [proves] a fascinating person not simply because of her name but because she was a willful, intelligent, passionate woman who resisted being gawked at as a freak of history: the monster's pretty daughter." — The Wall Street Journal "Riveting." — The New York Times Book Review

International award-winning and best-selling author, Canadian cultural icon, feminist role model, "man-hater," wife, mother, private citizen and household name -- who is Margaret Atwood? Rosemary Sullivan, award-winning literary biographer, has penned The Red Shoes: Margaret Atwood Starting Out, the first portrait of Canada's most famous novelist, focusing on her childhood and formative years as a writer and the generation she grew up in. When Margaret Atwood was a little girl in 1949, she saw a movie called The Red Shoes. It is the story of a beautiful young woman who becomes a famous ballerina, but commits suicide when she cannot satisfy one man, who wants her to devote her entire life to her art, and another who loves her, but subjugates her to become his muse and inspiration. She struggles to choose art, but the choice eventually destroys her. Margaret Atwood remembers being devastated by this movie but unlike many young girls of her time, she escaped its underlying message. Always sustained by a strong sense of self, Atwood would achieve a meteoric literary career. Yet a nurturing sense of self-confidence is just one fascinating side of our most famous literary figure, as examined in Rosemary Sullivan's latest biography. The Red Shoes is not a simple biography but a portrait of a complex, intriguing woman and her generation. The seventies in Canada was the decade of fierce nationalist debate, a period during which Canada's social imagination was creating a new tradition. Suddenly everyone, from Robertson Davies to Margaret Laurence was talking, and writing, about a Canadian cultural identity. Margaret Atwood was no exception. For despite her tremendous success that transcends the literary community, catapulting into the realm of a "household name," Margaret Atwood has remained very much a private person with a public persona. Rosemary Sullivan reveals the discrepancy between Atwood's cool, acerbic, public image and the down-to-earth, straight-dealing and generous woman who actually writes the books. Throughout, she weaves the issues of female creativity, authority and autonomy set against the backdrop of a generation of women coming of age during one of the most radically shifting times in contemporary history.

There is no doubt Rosemary Sullivan is a biographer of extraordinary talent. Her first biography, By Heart: Elizabeth Smart: A Life was a bestseller and nominated for a Governor General’s Award. Her third biography, The Red Shoes: Margaret Atwood, Starting Out, was also a highly acclaimed national bestseller. And her second, Shadow Maker, won the Governor General’s Award for Non-Fiction, the Canadian Authors Association Award for Non-Fiction, the City of Toronto Book Award and the University of British Columbia Medal for Canadian Biography. Now part of the PerennialCanada library, Shadow Maker reveals the many faces of Gwendolyn MacEwen, the magical and mesmerizing Canadian poet who died suddenly at the age of 46.

"Rosemary Sullivan goes beyond the confines of Air-Bel to tell a fuller story of France during the tense years from 1933 to 1941. . . . A moving tale of great sacrifice in tumultuous times." — Publishers Weekly Paris 1940. Andre Breton, Max Ernst, Marc Chagall, Consuelo de Saint-Exupery, and scores of other cultural elite denounced as enemies of the conquering Third Reich, live in daily fear of arrest, deportation, and death. Their only salvation is the Villa Air-Bel, a chateau outside Marseille where a group of young people, financed by a private American relief organization, will go to extraordinary lengths to keep them alive. In Villa Air-Bel, Rosemary Sullivan sheds light on this suspenseful, dramatic, and intriguing story, introducing the brave men and women who use every means possible to stave off the Nazis and the Vichy officials, and goes inside the chateau's walls to uncover the private worlds and the web of relationships its remarkable inhabitants developed.

Tom Tom is an engaging contemporary story that traces a day in the life of a small boy living in a typical Aboriginal community in the Top End of the Northern Territory. It follows the adventures of Tom Tom as he goes to preschool, eats lunch with Granny Annie in the bottom camp, swims in the Lemonade Springs in the afternoon and spends the night with Granny May and grandfather Jo in the top camp. Rosemary Sullivan's simple text and Dee Huxley's vivid illustrations captures the warmth and security of Tom Tom's world as he moves freely within his community from relative to another. As a pre-school teacher working in remote Aboriginal communities for more than 17 years, Rosemary Sullivan says- 'Tom Tom was inspired by the lives of many indigenous children in the Top End and the importance of family and interconnectedness in Aboriginal life.'

Cuba: Grace Under Pressureturns to Cuba with fresh eyes, suspending the preconceptions, and entering Cuba through its art, its culture and its people. Recording of local life, through the prose of Rosemary Sullivan and the photographs of Malcolm David Batty, Cuba: Grace under Pressurecaptures the job and fierce independence of a people who clearly love their country.

Rosemary Sullivan is the preeminent literary biographer in Canada, having won several major awards, including the Governor General's Award, for her work. She has written about Margaret Atwood, Elizabeth Smart, Theodore Roethke and Gwendolyn MacEwan. But in addition to the books she has written, she has penned hundreds of essays, memoirs and travel pieces. This collection brings together the best of these pieces. In these 17 essays, Rosemary Sullivan focuses on Atwood's childhood, meeting the eccentric and enigmatic Elizabeth Smart and hooking up with the boisterous Canadian poet Al Purdy. She also writes about the life of a literary biographer, what it takes to put together an anthology, like in Cuba, human rights and feminist issues. The writing is held together by Rosemary Sullivan's own personal stamp and personality. At times, the work is lyrical, which reflects the author's poetic background. Other times, Sullivan plays the scholar, but she is never pedantic. The work is lively, insightful and illuminating.

Rosemary Sullivan is better known in Canada as a biographer, but her first love is poetry. In 1996 her first book of poetry won the Gerald Lampert Award for the best first book. In 1991 she published yet another book of poetry. But since then she has devoted herself to the biographies of Elizabeth Smart, Gwendolyn MacEwen and most recently that of Margaret Atwood. And for these works was nominated for one Governor General's Award, and won another. After eight years, however, she has returned to poetry. In this new collection, "The Bone Ladder," she introduces a new, experimental sequence, "Granada Notebook." It is written like a novel with an adulterous plot and characters, the sequence is set in the exotic city of the Alhambra. The poems explore what happens when love fractures and how it is recovered only after a long, exhaustive battle within the self. The title of this collection, The Bone Ladder, refers to the mysteries of ancestral inheritance, how the family anticipates us generations before we are born. This book is also a retrospective collection, and contains work from her first two books of poetry. Her books have been published in England, Spain, and Sweden. She is also editor of numerous anthologies of poetry and fiction by women, most recently "The Oxford Book of Stories by Canadian Women" (1999).

A study of Roethke's collected works stresses the unity of his poetry and illustrates the influence of such figures as Eliot, Stevens, and Yeats upon his writings