Mother Tongue : A Saga of Three Generations of Balkan Women.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Romanov, Tania.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yugoslavia--Emigration and immigration.

Yugoslavia.

Yugoslavia--Biography.

San Francisco (Calif.)--Biography.

San Francisco (Calif.).

Amochaev, Tania Romanov, 1949-.

Amochaev, Tania Romanov.

Amochaev, Tania Romanov, 1949---Family.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Mother Tongue

Place of Publication:

Palo Alto : Travelers' Tales, 2018.

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.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Table of Contents

1: Going home

Part I: Katarina

2: The baby who wouldn't wait

3: Surviving the First War

4: Balkanization

5: Post war crises

6: Finding another way

7: Starting over

8: Haven in Yugoslavia

9: World War II

10: Zora finds her way

11: Visiting their homeland

12: Medulin farewell

13: Losing Katarina

Part II: Zora

14: A best friend's wedding

15: Meeting Tolya

16: Belgrade and marriage

17: The golden child

18: Cold War threatens

19: Tania born to crisis

20: Exiled again

21: Campo San Sabba

22: Campo family

23: Sasha in Italian Hospital

24: Zora's ultimatum

25: Babusya's last stand

26: Leaving Zhenya

27: The SS Constitution

28: San Francisco, home

29: Speak Serbian, Tania

30: The Greg

31: Life in America

32: Taking Zora to Medulin

33: Finding Cousin Milan

34: Visitors from America

35: Zora learns her real name

36: San Sabba secrets

Epilogue

About the Author.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781609521288

1609521285

OCLC:

1013988690