Bluebird: A Memoir

Bluebird: A Memoir
ISBN-10
1783781211
ISBN-13
9781783781218
Series
Bluebird
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
224
Language
English
Published
2014-07-03
Publisher
Granta Books
Author
Vesna Maric

Description

Vesna Maric left Bosnia the beginning of the war, at the age of sixteen, on a convoy of coaches carrying refugees to Penrith in the north of England. Bluebird is Vesna's funny, vivid and immensely readable memoir of the experience, from the beginning of the war through to her eventual return to Bosnia years later. Unlike many books on Bosnia, and refugees in general, Bluebird is never self-pitying, never grave. It's refreshing to read an account of these experiences filtered through the eyes of a teenager with attitude - written with brilliant comic timing and a great storytelling gift.

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