Alva Myrdal: A Daughter's Memoir
Alva Myrdal: A Daughter's Memoir is the biography of an exceptional Swedish and United Nations diplomat whose influence shaped the nuclear disarmament movement, challenged perceptions about the role of women in western society, and raised awareness about racial inequality in the southern United States. This highly personal memoir written by her daughter Sissela describes a family life charged by two powerful intellectual personalities, and includes many excerpts from letters and other family papers.
Widely respected as a modern philosopher, Sissela Bok originally read psychology at university, in deference to the wishes of her mother Alva Myrdal. Being the daughter of two Nobel Prize winners, with her father Gunnar Myrdal awarded the Nobel prize for economics, Sissela Myrdal Bok offers a rich intellectual perspective in her own work.
