Another well-written book to come out of the conflicts in
the Balkans during the end of the last century.
Ana Juric’s family lives in Zagreb and their world is torn apart when
Ana is ten years old. As war draws
closer, the family’s life is further complicated by the illness of Ana’s nine-month-old
sister, Rahela. When a chance opens up
to take Rahela to Sarajevo and from there send her to America for treatment,
they feel they must take it. But on the
way back home, the family is ambushed and Ana is the sole survivor. The novel then shifts to Ana’s life in
America and how she came to be there and living in the same household that
welcomed her sister five years earlier. Her
difficulty in reconciling her losses in Croatia and what she had to do to
survive there with the present day comfort of a stable existence is the core of
the book. 316 pp.
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