About No Bread Tomorrow

Kragujevac 1941: Amid the encroaching shadows of World War II in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, embroiled in its own complex, bloody civil war, Zora Brković emerges as a beacon of unwavering resilience and hope for her Serbian people. An inimitable healer and a devoted mother of seven, she grapples with an unfulfilling marriage to her lackluster husband, Peda, who naively dismisses the imminent threat of Hitler's forces. But when he stubbornly refuses to send their two fighting-aged sons to safety in America, it sets them on a terrifying course. As their nation teeters on the brink of war, Zora's determination to save her children propels her on a treacherous journey filled with danger and uncertainty.
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Mila Completes Second Novel in Wartime Trilogy — Now Seeking Stories History has long forgotten. For some families, war ends with a treaty. For others, it ends with a pack on their back and no home to return to. And sometimes, it never really ends at all. Historical fiction novelist, Mila Evanovich has spent…
Read More A complicated country, Yugoslavia emerged immediately following World War I in 1918. Commonly referred to, at the time, as a Versailles State, King Alexandar renamed it the Kingdom of Yugoslavia on December 1, 1929. In the early 1990s, Yugoslavia split into several countries, which today are known as Bosnia and Herzegovina*, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia.
*Although Bosnia and Herzegovina is one country, it comprises two autonomous entities and one district.