Going home -- Part I. Katarina -- The baby who wouldn't wait -- Surviving the war -- Balkanization -- Post War crises -- Finding another way -- Starting over -- Haven in Yugoslavia -- World War II -- Zora finds her way -- Visiting their homeland -- Medulin farewell -- Losing Katarina -- Part II. Zora -- A best friend's wedding -- Meeting Tolya -- Belgrade and marriage -- The golden child -- Cold War threatens -- Tania born to crisis -- Exiled again -- Campo San Sabba -- Campo family -- Sasha in Italian hospital -- Zora's ultimatum -- Babusya's last stand -- Leaving Zhenya -- The SS Constitution -- San Francisco, home -- Speak Serbian, Tania -- The Greg -- Losing Tolya -- Taking Zora to Medulin -- Finding cousin Milan -- Visitors from America -- Zora learns her real name -- San Sabba secrets -- Epilogue
Summary
The unrelenting consequences of 100 years of Balkan wars force three generations of Croatian women-Katarina, Zora, Tania-to flee their homelands multiple times. Eventually Tania, a successfully integrated American, journeys back to her fractured homeland with her mother to unravel the secrets of their shared past
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 25, 2019)