Three Summers
A Memoir of Sisterhood, Summer Crushes, and Growing Up on the Eve of War

A Heartrending Ode to Sisterhood and Resilience Having read "The Cat I Never Named," I was already primed for the emotional depth and cultural insights Amra Sabic-El-Rayess offers in her writing. But nothing could have prepared me for the sheer brilliance of this novel, a poignant prequel that manage......more

I appreciated the historical (fairly recent history) territory this book covered. It can be hard to discover atrocities that were news stories in my own lifetime. The breakup of Yugoslavia was a distant story that I had very little context or understanding of. My issue with this book is the same rea......more

It is difficult and probably rather inappropriate for me to offer a "review" of a memoir, after all who am I to have opinions on someone's lived experience.  And this non fiction book in particular is so desperately needed and important, as OWN voice middle grade literature about Bosnia is fairly no......more

I adore middle-grade memoirs - I love reading stories about growing up in different times and places. This is a story about resilience, surviving trauma, and sisterhood. Set over the course of three epic summers, Amra tells us about her cousin and best friend, Zana, and how she was able to help her h......more

After reading "The Cat I Never Named", this book was on my to-read list for a while before it was even published, and now after finishing it I can say it didn't disappoint! Amra is telling an important story - a story about a kid growing up in the years leading up to the Bosnian war and the genocide.......more