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The Bosnia List: A Memoir of War, Exile, and Return | Kenan Trebincevic, Susan Shapiro
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A young survivor of the Bosnian War returns to his homeland to confront the people who betrayed his family At age eleven, Kenan Trebincevic was a happy, karate-loving kid living with his family in the quiet Eastern European town of Brcko. Then, in the spring of 1992, war broke out and his friends, neighbors and teammates all turned on him. Pero - Kenan's beloved karate coach - showed up at his door with an AK-47 - screaming: "You have one hour to leave or be killed!" Kenans only crime: he was Muslim. This poignant, searing memoir chronicles Kenans miraculous escape from the brutal ethnic cleansing campaign that swept the former Yugoslavia. After two decades in the United States, Kenan honors his fathers wish to visit their homeland, making a list of what he wants to do there. Kenan decides to confront the former next door neighbor who stole from his mother, see the concentration camp where his Dad and brother were imprisoned and stand on the grave of his first betrayer to make sure hes really dead. Back in the land of his birth, Kenan finds something more powerfuland shockingthan revenge.
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The Bosnia List: A Memoir of War, Exile, and Return | Kenan Trebincevic, Susan Shapiro
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This last year, I've been on a history/memoir kick that has been a journey that has taught me so much, but has also been quite sobering. I've been especially drawn towards accounts of genocide (the first 6 of these books deal with the topic) and I feel that every American needs to brush up on their histories of Bosnia & Armenia before we repeat these atrocities. Each of these books are 5🌟#nonfictionlove #somethingforsept

RealLifeReading Thanks for this interesting post! 8y
Simona I can't agree with you more‼️💯👏 8y
becausetrains Thanks, @Ambrosnazzy! I also recommend this detective mystery (recommended to me by @BookishFeminist) which deals in the Bosnian genocide: 8y
caitfish4311 I really liked Underground when I read it a few years ago. 8y
BookNerdBritt A great historical fiction book that covers the Armenian genocide is 8y
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Alisnazzy
The Bosnia List: A Memoir of War, Exile, and Return | Kenan Trebincevic, Susan Shapiro
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The second of the Bosnian War memoirs for #recommendsday
This book is written by a survivor who, after emigrating to New York, goes back to his hometown with his brother and father. Moving and raw, another pertinent read in today's political climate.

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