School of Hardknocks-Amina is a new high school student after migrating from Bosnia and struggles to acclimate to the Aussie way of life. The Cuckoo’s Song-Francesca is ten when a gypsy fortune-teller told her the day and the hour of her death and she has been waiting since.įragments-Seka and her brother forage for books in a bombed-out school in Srebrenica during the Balkan war.įriends Forever-Two lifelong friends share a room at a nursing home, as well as a secret or two. Thriller stories with a twist of vindictiveness and retribution, and love stories that make the heart sing, this collection will delight and entertain. Featuring powerful and moving stories of family dissolution, deprivation of war, tenderness of family and the heart-rending experiences of mental illness. "Award-winning author Amra Pajalić showcases her gritty, poignant and sometimes bruising voice in this eclectic short story book of previously published and prize-winning stories.
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