Fiona asked Sara Nović:

Congratulations on a brilliant book... I'm interested to know how close you were to the war... Did you have many friends and relatives who lived through it? Have you been back?

Sara Nović Thanks for reading! Yes, the book was based on a lot of research, both personal and "traditional"--reading etc, because it was important to me that the novel, though with fictional characters, fit into the real historical timeline of the war. I lived in Croatia for a while, and while there talked to many friends and family members who shared their experiences with me--I was very lucky to have their support while working on this book, too.

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