The Cheesemaker's Daughter
Autor Kristin Vukovicen Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 sep 2024
How do you begin again when the past threatens to drown you?
In the throes of an unraveling marriage, New Yorker Marina Maržić returns to her native Croatian island where she helps her father with his struggling cheese factory, Sirana. Forced to confront her divided Croatian-American identity and her past as a refugee from the former Yugoslavia, Marina moves in with her parents on Pag and starts a new life working at Sirana. As she gradually settles back into a place that was once home, her life becomes inextricably intertwined with their island’s cheese. When her past with the son of a rival cheesemaker stokes further unrest on their divided island, she must find a way to save Sirana—and in the process, learn to belong on her own terms.
Exploring underlying cultural and ethnic tensions in a complex region mired in centuries of war and turmoil, The Cheesemaker’s Daughter takes us through the year before Croatia joins the European Union. On the dramatic moonscape island of Pag, we are transported to strikingly barren vistas, medieval towns, and the mesmerizing Adriatic Sea, providing a rare window into a tight-knit community with strong family ties in a corner of the world where divisions are both real and imagined. Asking questions central to identity and the meaning of home, this richly drawn story reckons with how we survive inherited and personal traumas, and what it means to heal and reinvent oneself in the face of life’s challenges.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9798888456828
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.31 kg
Editura: Regalo Press
Colecția Regalo Press
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.31 kg
Editura: Regalo Press
Colecția Regalo Press
Notă biografică
Kristin Vukovic has written for the New York Times, BBC Travel, Travel + Leisure, Coastal Living, Virtuoso, The Magazine, Hemispheres, the Daily Beast, AFAR, Connecticut Review, and Public Books, among others. An early excerpt of her novel was longlisted for the Cosmonauts Avenue Inaugural Fiction Prize. She was named a “40 Under 40” honoree by the National Federation of Croatian Americans Cultural Foundation, and received a Zlatna Penkala (Golden Pen) award for her writing about Croatia. Kristin holds a BA in literature and writing and an MFA in nonfiction writing from Columbia University, and was Editor-in-Chief of Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art. She grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota and currently resides in New York City with her husband and daughter. For more information, please visit kristinvukovic.com.
Recenzii
“The Cheesemaker’s Daughter takes us to Pag, an island where sheep’s milk becomes curds, partners become rivals, exes become new possibilities, and one woman finally becomes who she was meant to be. Deeply researched and fully inhabited, this novel is a thrilling, transformative read.”
“Kristin Vukovic’s captivating debut novel delves into the intricate tapestry of familial bonds, self-discovery, and web of obligations that entangle so many immigrants. Vukovic skillfully crafts a sophisticated and graceful narrative, weaving a tale of a woman’s transformative journey. I loved this novel!”
“The Cheesemaker’s Daughter is a beautiful exploration of family, identity, and the connections and responsibilities we have to those who came before us. Kristin Vukovic writes an elegant novel about a woman who blossoms into the person she was always meant to be.”
“Where do we really belong and why? While still reeling from a devastating miscarriage and a fracturing marriage, New Yorker Marina is also forced to reckon with her roots and her culture, reluctantly returning to her native Croatia to help save her family’s cheese business. Set against the backdrop of Croatia’s dark history and the rich, fascinating world of cheese making, this is a literary page-turner with unforgettable heart.”
“A magical debut, The Cheesemaker’s Daughter is a sensual exploration of cultural identity, loss, and love. Shattered by her broken marriage, thirty-four-year-old Marina, a Yugoslav refugee, leaves her life in New York City and returns to her island home in Croatia, where she becomes entangled in saving her family’s failing cheese factory and legacy. Amid the backdrop of Croatia’s war-torn history, Kristin Vukovic conjures up the island’s wild landscape—its glittering sea, sheep-dotted hills, extreme weather, and complex scents of antiquity—with spellbinding beauty.”
“Kristin Vukovic’s tender and elegant novel is a tale of coming home and of coming to terms, of filial affection and heartbreak, and of wanting, waiting, and fierce island winds. It’s a story about Croatia, but it’s meant for all of us, wherever we are, because the story at its heart is one about the struggle to belong and to heal.”
“Kristin Vukovic knows that cheese contains multitudes: history, identity, loss, and love. In The Cheesemaker’s Daughter, she weaves a richly delicious story about one woman’s return to her family’s cheesemaking factory on Pag, a Croatian island, to save her family’s cheese—and then, herself. I couldn’t put it down.”
“[S]et on the island of Pag...[The Cheesemaker's Daughter] deftly weaves together themes of identity and belonging, love and loss, and growth and acceptance....Reading it, I was transported to that windswept island and felt like I was watching over Marina’s shoulder on her journey.”
“Vukovic’s book wears its research lightly but it’s clear she knows her stuff, and those details are what makes ‘Daughter’ such a gouda read.”
“Bubbling with unexpected twists and connections, it is a gripping story that will encourage readers to examine their own identity and what makes a place home.”
“Kristin Vukovic’s captivating debut novel delves into the intricate tapestry of familial bonds, self-discovery, and web of obligations that entangle so many immigrants. Vukovic skillfully crafts a sophisticated and graceful narrative, weaving a tale of a woman’s transformative journey. I loved this novel!”
“The Cheesemaker’s Daughter is a beautiful exploration of family, identity, and the connections and responsibilities we have to those who came before us. Kristin Vukovic writes an elegant novel about a woman who blossoms into the person she was always meant to be.”
“Where do we really belong and why? While still reeling from a devastating miscarriage and a fracturing marriage, New Yorker Marina is also forced to reckon with her roots and her culture, reluctantly returning to her native Croatia to help save her family’s cheese business. Set against the backdrop of Croatia’s dark history and the rich, fascinating world of cheese making, this is a literary page-turner with unforgettable heart.”
“A magical debut, The Cheesemaker’s Daughter is a sensual exploration of cultural identity, loss, and love. Shattered by her broken marriage, thirty-four-year-old Marina, a Yugoslav refugee, leaves her life in New York City and returns to her island home in Croatia, where she becomes entangled in saving her family’s failing cheese factory and legacy. Amid the backdrop of Croatia’s war-torn history, Kristin Vukovic conjures up the island’s wild landscape—its glittering sea, sheep-dotted hills, extreme weather, and complex scents of antiquity—with spellbinding beauty.”
“Kristin Vukovic’s tender and elegant novel is a tale of coming home and of coming to terms, of filial affection and heartbreak, and of wanting, waiting, and fierce island winds. It’s a story about Croatia, but it’s meant for all of us, wherever we are, because the story at its heart is one about the struggle to belong and to heal.”
“Kristin Vukovic knows that cheese contains multitudes: history, identity, loss, and love. In The Cheesemaker’s Daughter, she weaves a richly delicious story about one woman’s return to her family’s cheesemaking factory on Pag, a Croatian island, to save her family’s cheese—and then, herself. I couldn’t put it down.”
“[S]et on the island of Pag...[The Cheesemaker's Daughter] deftly weaves together themes of identity and belonging, love and loss, and growth and acceptance....Reading it, I was transported to that windswept island and felt like I was watching over Marina’s shoulder on her journey.”
“Vukovic’s book wears its research lightly but it’s clear she knows her stuff, and those details are what makes ‘Daughter’ such a gouda read.”
“Bubbling with unexpected twists and connections, it is a gripping story that will encourage readers to examine their own identity and what makes a place home.”
Descriere
When Marina’s father summons her to their Croatian island from New York—and away from her evaporating marriage—to help him save his failing cheese factory, she must face her rocky past and an uncertain future.