Where the Ashes Bloom - Paperback
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Torn from her homeland by a brutal war and adopted into a life of secrets, a young woman must return to the ashes of her past to find who she truly is.
In 1995, the Yugoslav civil war rages, tearing families apart and forcing a young girl to flee the only home she has ever known. Surviving the unimaginable, she is brought across the world and adopted into a brand-new life in Australia. Safe, protected, and loved, her childhood trauma is buried so deep that she completely forgets her original identity, her language, and her birth name.
Now twenty-five years old, her carefully constructed life begins to crack. Haunting flashbacks stir memories she thought were lost forever, revealing shattered fragments of another name, another family, and another world. Driven by relentless, unexplainable images and a desperate pull toward a forgotten childhood, she makes a courageous choice to journey back to the war-torn land of her birth.
As the line between her present reality and her buried memories begins to blur, she faces a dangerous psychological terrain. To heal, she must confront the raw truth of what happened to her family, reclaim her stolen identity, and find the exact place where her story began.
Where the Ashes Bloom is a sweeping, emotionally rich historical fiction novel about the invisible scars of war, the resilience of the human spirit, and the ultimate healing power of coming home. This powerful novel is ideal for readers who love emotional, sweeping wartime dramas and stories of psychological survival. It will deeply resonate with fans of bestselling books like The Tattooist of Auschwitz, The Girl Who Smiled Beads, American Dirt, and The Memory Keeper of Kyiv.
Early readers call it a heartbreaking and beautifully written story of survival and self-discovery, describing it as an unforgettable historical drama that keeps you turning pages late into the night. Discover a powerful story of identity and survival. Grab your copy of Where the Ashes Bloom today.
Grozdana Lukic is an Australian author whose deep fascination with history, culture, and human resilience shapes her sweeping, high-stakes fiction. Born in the historic region of Northern Dalmatia, Croatia, she later moved to Melbourne, Australia, where she earned a degree in Social Science from RMIT University.
Grozdana spent the early part of her career assisting newly arrived refugees and migrants with resettlement, gaining profound insights into the universal struggles of identity and displacement. Today, she works within the justice system, case-managing complex offenders-a role that gives her a unique, firsthand understanding of human psychology, conflict, and the intricate dynamics of power.
Drawing from her rich cultural background and her professional expertise in human behaviour, Grozdana crafts gripping, character-driven novels filled with passion, intrigue, and historical depth. She lives in Melbourne with her family.
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