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The People We Were Before
Annabelle Thorpe
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Description for The People We Were Before
Paperback. A bold, dark, romantic debut set in war-torn 1990s Croatia, for fans of Victoria Hislop and Louis de Bernieres. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 34. Weight in Grams: 368.
If war is madness, how can love survive? Yugoslavia, summer 1979. A new village. A new life. But eight-year-old Miro knows the real reason why his family moved from the inland city of Knin to the sunkissed village of Ljeta on the Dalmatian Coast, a tragedy he tries desperately to forget. The Ljeta years are happy ones, though, and when he marries his childhood sweetheart, and they have a baby daughter, it seems as though life is perfect. However, storm clouds are gathering above Yugoslavia. War ... Read more
If war is madness, how can love survive? Yugoslavia, summer 1979. A new village. A new life. But eight-year-old Miro knows the real reason why his family moved from the inland city of Knin to the sunkissed village of Ljeta on the Dalmatian Coast, a tragedy he tries desperately to forget. The Ljeta years are happy ones, though, and when he marries his childhood sweetheart, and they have a baby daughter, it seems as though life is perfect. However, storm clouds are gathering above Yugoslavia. War ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
367g
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784299507
SKU
V9781784299507
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99-50
About Annabelle Thorpe
Annabelle Thorpe has been a travel and features journalist for fifteen years, writing for national print and online media. She currently works as a freelance, writing mostly for the Times, Telegraph and Guardian, alongside copywriting, non-fiction travel books and PR consultancy work for the National Trust. Alongside her journalism, Annabelle completed an MA in Contemporary History in September 2012 and ... Read more
Reviews for The People We Were Before
An important chronicle of one of the most disgraceful conflicts of the late 20th century . . . and quite apart from the history lesson, it's a fascinating read
Irish Independent on Sunday
Thorpe's moving, powerful tale examines how easy it is for us to lose humanity in the face of evil
Daily Express
A rattlingly ... Read more
Irish Independent on Sunday
Thorpe's moving, powerful tale examines how easy it is for us to lose humanity in the face of evil
Daily Express
A rattlingly ... Read more