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May, 1992. Hana is twelve years old when her older sister Atka puts her on a UN evacuation bus fleeing the besieged city of Sarajevo. Thinking they will be apart for a short time, they make a promise to each other to be brave. But as the Bosnian war escalates and months go by without contact, their promise becomes deeply significant. Hana is forced to cope as a refugee in Croatia, while Atka and their younger siblings battle for survival in a city overwhelmed by crime and destruction. Then, when Atka manages to find work as a translator, events take an unexpected turn, and the remarkable events that follow change her life, and those of her family, forever.
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Goodbye Sarajevo: A True Story of Courage, Love and Survival, Atka Reid, Hana Schofield
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- Released
- 2012
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Atka Reid, Hana Schofield
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Released
- 2012
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 1408827751
- ISBN13
- 9781408827758
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, History, Maps & Travel, True Stories, Biographies, Travel, Family, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Military History, Wars, Diaries
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
- Description
- May, 1992. Hana is twelve years old when her older sister Atka puts her on a UN evacuation bus fleeing the besieged city of Sarajevo. Thinking they will be apart for a short time, they make a promise to each other to be brave. But as the Bosnian war escalates and months go by without contact, their promise becomes deeply significant. Hana is forced to cope as a refugee in Croatia, while Atka and their younger siblings battle for survival in a city overwhelmed by crime and destruction. Then, when Atka manages to find work as a translator, events take an unexpected turn, and the remarkable events that follow change her life, and those of her family, forever.