Mother tongue : a saga of three generations of Balkan women / Tania Romanov.
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TextPublisher: Palo Alto : Travelers' Tales, An imprint of Solas House, Inc., 2018Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resourceContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781609521288
- 1609521285
- Amochaev, Tania Romanov, 1949-
- Amochaev, Tania Romanov, 1949- -- Family
- Mothers and daughters -- Yugoslavia -- Biography
- Mothers and daughters -- California -- San Francisco -- Biography
- Immigrants -- California -- San Francisco -- Biography
- Refugees -- Yugoslavia -- Biography
- Yugoslavia -- Emigration and immigration
- Yugoslavia -- Biography
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- Biography
- Mères et filles -- Yougoslavie -- Biographies
- Mères et filles -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Biographies
- Réfugiés -- Yougoslavie -- Biographies
- Yougoslavie -- Émigration et immigration
- Yougoslavie -- Biographies
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture
- Emigration and immigration
- Families
- Immigrants
- Mothers and daughters
- Refugees
- California -- San Francisco
- Yugoslavia
- 306.874/3 23
- CT1458.A56
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Going home -- Part I. Katarina -- The baby who wouldn't wait -- Surviving the war -- Balkanization -- Post War crises -- Finding another way -- Starting over -- Haven in Yugoslavia -- World War II -- Zora finds her way -- Visiting their homeland -- Medulin farewell -- Losing Katarina -- Part II. Zora -- A best friend's wedding -- Meeting Tolya -- Belgrade and marriage -- The golden child -- Cold War threatens -- Tania born to crisis -- Exiled again -- Campo San Sabba -- Campo family -- Sasha in Italian hospital -- Zora's ultimatum -- Babusya's last stand -- Leaving Zhenya -- The SS Constitution -- San Francisco, home -- Speak Serbian, Tania -- The greg -- Losing Tolya -- Taking Zora to Medulin -- Finding cousin Milan -- Visitors from America -- Zora learns her real name -- San Sabba secrets -- Epilogue.
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.
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