Black Butterflies

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Priscilla MorrisPaperback, 288 pages9780715654613 Shortlisted for the Women's Prize 2023 Sarajevo, Spring 1992. Each night, nationalist gangs erect barricades, splitting the divers e city into ethnic enclaves; each morning, the residents - whether Muslim, Croat or Serb - push the makeshift barriers aside. When violence finally spills over, Zora, an artist and teacher, sends her husband and elderly mother to safety with her daughter in England. Reluctant to believe that hostilities will last more than a handful of weeks, she stays behind while the city falls under siege. As the assault deepens and everything they love is laid to waste, black ashes floating over the rooftops, Zora and her friends are forced to rebuild themselves, over and over. Theirs is a breathtaking story of disintegration, resilience and hope. Show more