{"product_id":"communist-necessity-book-j-moufawad-paul-9781894946582","title":"The Communist Necessity","description":"\u003cb\u003eSofija Stefanovic's beautiful memoir\u003ci\u003e Miss Ex-Yugoslavia\u003c\/i\u003e depicts the elegant transit of a girl becoming an artist. This is a story we yearn to know: How does a girl lose her childhood, family, and nation, yet nurture her memories, dreams, and art? Stefanovic hits all her marks, and she keeps us in her thrall. --Min Jin Lee, author of \u003ci\u003ePachinko\u003c\/i\u003e, a\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller and National Book Award finalist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFunny and tragic and beautiful in all the right places. I loved it. --Jenny Lawson, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLet's Pretend This Never Happened\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Furiously Happy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA funny, dark, and tender memoir about the immigrant experience and life as a perpetual fish-out-of-water, from the acclaimed Serbian-Australian storyteller. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSofija Stefanovic makes the first of many awkward entrances in 1982, when she is born in Belgrade, the capital of socialist Yugoslavia. The circumstances of her birth (a blackout, gasoline shortages, bickering parents) don't exactly get her off to a running start. While around her, ethnic tensions are stoked by totalitarian leaders with violent agendas, Stefanovic's early life is filled with Yugo rock, inadvisable crushes, and the quirky ups and downs of life in a socialist state. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the political situation grows more dire, the Stefanovics travel back and forth between faraway, peaceful Australia, where they can't seem to fit in, and their turbulent homeland, which they can't seem to shake. Meanwhile, Yugoslavia collapses into the bloodiest European conflict in recent history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing warlords and beauty queens, tiger cubs and Baby-Sitters Clubs, Sofija Stefanovic's memoir is a window to a complicated culture that she both cherishes and resents. Revealing war and immigration from the crucial viewpoint of women and children, Stefanovic chronicles her own coming-of-age, both as a woman and as an artist who yearns to take control of her own story. Refreshingly candid, poignant, and illuminating, \u003ci\u003eMiss Ex-Yugoslavia\u003c\/i\u003e introduces a vital new voice to the immigrant narrative.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50097547804945,"sku":"CIN1894946588G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51392060883217,"sku":"GOR014252721","price":101.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1894946588.jpg?v=1750726412","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/communist-necessity-book-j-moufawad-paul-9781894946582","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}