Goodbye Sarajevo
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May, 1992. Hana is twelve years old when she is put on one of the last UN evacuation buses fleeing the besieged city of Sarajevo. Her twenty-one-year-old sister, Atka, staying behind to look after their five younger siblings, is there to say goodbye. Thinking that they will be apart for only a few weeks,
… More »May, 1992. Hana is twelve years old when she is put on one of the last UN evacuation buses fleeing the besieged city of Sarajevo. Her twenty-one-year-old sister, Atka, staying behind to look after their five younger siblings, is there to say goodbye. Thinking that they will be apart for only a few weeks, they make a promise to each other to be brave. Set in the middle of the bloodiest European conflict since the Second World War, Goodbye Sarajevo is a moving and compelling true story of courage, hope and extraordinary human kindness.
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Add a CommentI loved this story showing the reality of war and incredible hardship, yet fortitude and courage of the people in Bosnia... an incredibly moving story. I hope the family has found the happiness they deserve in our country....
Goodbye Sarajevo is about the resilience of families in times of hardship. Any readers affected by earthquakes will recognise the dancing for joy when water supplies are restored! Atka Reid and Hana Schofield eventually moved to Christchurch, and the book was written in part at Christchurch City Libraries.