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Twice Born

Margaret Mazzantini

2011447 pagesabout 7–10 hours
2011
first published
  • 2011Oneworld Publications · ENGISBN 9781851688494
  • 2011Oneworld Publications · 464 pages · ENGISBN 9781851688449
  • 2012Oneworld Publications · ENGISBN 9781851689163
  • 2011Viking Adult · 447 pages · ENGISBN 9780670022687
  • 2013Penguin Books · 464 pagesISBN 9780143121213

An internationally bestselling, acutely moving story set amidst the atrocities of the Bosnian war, *Twice Born* masterfully plumbs the depths of love, grief, and the all-consuming power of motherhood. Gemma hasn’t been back to Sarajevo in sixteen years. She returns to teach her son Pietro about the city of his birth and the father he never knew. But the visit brings with it impassioned memories of her love affair with Pietro’s father, their determination to have a child whatever the cost, and their deep connection to the city even as war threatened to destroy it. Brought to life by an unforgettable cast of characters, *Twice Born* is a tale of the acts of brutality and generosity that war can inspire, and of the bonds of family fused in times of crisis.

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