Civil War in Yugoslavia and University Student

Sara Novi: In Sara Nović Girl at War, Anna Jurić is a university student in Manhattan who escaped the civil war in Yugoslavia, according to CBC. But her survival came at a cost and to find any sense of peace, she must reconcile herself to the horrors she not only endured but also took part in. Girl at War by Sara Nović is the story of a university student in Manhattan who escaped the civil war in Yugoslavia, where she learned to kill when she was just 10. She starts lying about her background because she does not want to deal with the questions between "nosiness and concern" and the extreme discomfort her answers cause: "Their musings about how and why people stayed in a country under such terrible conditions were what I hated most. They asked because they hadn't smelled the air raid smoke or the scent of singed flesh on their own balconies; they couldn't fathom that such a dangerous place could still harbour all the feelings of home." The book starts when Anna is 10, and the war just means days off school, free rein to bike and explore with her best friend Luka and water fights around the relief pump the rare time water is flowing. I knew it was ignorance, not insight that prompted these questions. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.