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From the mountains of the Balkans to the front porch steps of Chicago, Yasmina Kishanov Blackburn traces family memory across borders and generations. This lyrical memoir explores migration, survival, and generational trauma, revealing how the past presses against the present and how remembering becomes a form of justice.

“He was five years old when they handed him the flock.

No grand gestures or farewell.

Just a jug of yogurt, a small blade, and the expectation that he wouldn’t let anything die.”