The Siege of Sarajevo

In a world facing the worst refugee crisis in history, this is an important and timely book. John Zaritsky, Oscar-winning filmmaker An epic tale. Moving beyond words. Roy Gutman, Pulitzer Prize winner and Crimes of War Project chairman A universal human story and an invaluable historical source. Robert Donia, author of Sarajevo: A Biography Sanja Kulenovics memoir captures courage and resilience and shines a light on immigration crises everywhere. Foreword Reviews In 1992, Bosnian honeymooners in Southern California are suddenly stranded and homeless when their native Yugoslavia erupts into civil war. The stunned refugees must scrape together a new life in America with sporadic letters their sole, tenuous link to besieged family and loved ones back in Sarajevo. Sanja Kulenovic shares those precious lettersoften written in darkness as bombs fell and gunfire rang outto vividly capture the suffering her family and other Sarajevans endured through almost four years of daily bombardments, the perpetual threat of sniper fire, and three frozen, foodless winters. The Siege of Sarajevo searingly illustrates the human toll of war and the highly personal consequences of what often are dismissed as faraway conflicts. Highlighting the resilience and determination of immigrants, Kulenovics powerful story reminds us all that we are stronger than weve ever imagined.