{"product_id":"shadows-of-giants-grozdana-lukic-9798182274616","title":"Shadows of Giants: From the Ruins of Yugoslavia to Australia's Southern Shores","description":"In 1904, sixteen-year-old Kosa left her village in northern Dalmatia on a horse-drawn cart and never went back.\u003cbr\u003eShe had no way of knowing that her life there, defined by love, war, and survival in the region's isolated stone villages, would still be echoing a century later in the life of her great-granddaughter, on the other side of the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eShadows of Giants\u003c\/i\u003e follows four generations of one family through a turbulent century of history: two World Wars, the rise and violent collapse of Yugoslavia, displacement, and the long search for a place to belong. At the heart of this history are three women: Kosa, Stoja, and Sandra, each caught in the gears of major world events, and each finding a way to keep moving forward when it felt impossible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSandra's own journey takes her from a peaceful childhood on the Croatian coast straight into the chaos of the 1991 war.\u003cbr\u003eFrom escaping through shelled Bosnian towns in a Red Cross convoy to navigating poverty and abusive relationships, her path is defined by the slow, quiet work of rebuilding. Eventually, she arrives in Melbourne, where she finally begins to build the future and the family she always wanted.\u003cp\u003eThis memoir is about what we inherit from the people who came before us, not just their resilience, but their wounds and unfinished stories, and what it takes to carry that weight into a completely new life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Grozdana Lukic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798182274616\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d","brand":"Grozdana Lukic","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084246687999,"sku":"9798182274616","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shadows-of-giants-grozdana-lukic-9798182274616","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}