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Chapter Six
…. I was speechless at first, a little flustered by the sudden closeness … and then we both started laughing. I laughed between gulps of air until the sides of my cheeks ached. I looked at Johnny who was also laughing and glancing at me. Our gazes met and our laughter stilled. Continue reading
“Unforgettable!”
BOOK REVIEW
“Remember Me is a thought-provoking novel about a dark time in recent history. The characters of Selma, her parents, grandparents, neighbors and friends who lost a lovely way of life are well-created and believable. The reader will agonize over the way innocent people were killed, their homes destroyed, their surviving families get grief-stricken but somehow carry on. That Selma survives and goes on to regain her life is a tribute in novel form to a people who survived against all odds. “Sjeti Me Se”, Johnny’s last words to Selma, is a novel that should be widely read and remembered. Unforgettable!” ~Readers’ Favorite
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AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Author Sanela Ramic Jurich was born in Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1976. She moved to the United States of America in 1993. Remember Me was Sanela’s first novel.
I used to call it Home
By Sanela (August 10, 2017)
Today marks exactly 24 years since I moved to America. Although the circumstances under which I had to move were unbearably painful, I can’t help but feel fortunate and incredibly lucky to be given such a privilege – a second chance at life. Chicago is and forever will be my home, however, I’ve been feeling so nostalgic today; memory after memory to the point of feeling sick to my stomach. I had to go there even if only via Google Earth. And I found it – home. One of only two buildings there that haven’t been renovated; our and Johnny’s grandmother’s building across the street. I’m so glad they still look the same as they did back then. — feeling emotional. Continue reading
Haunting from the Past: Sequel to Remember Me
Haunting from the Past – Second Edition
Sequel to Remember Me
As Selma tries to move on and recover from the horrible experience she had went through while living in Bosnia in 1992—where she and her parents had found themselves targets of the Bosnian war and where Selma had lost nearly all those she loved, was abused by those whom she once trusted, and had witnessed prejudice at its ugliest—the hell from which, she thought, she had finally escaped, found her in America and started haunting her again, reminding her that there was unfinished business some place else.
Selma is a respected business woman, living in Chicago with the love of her life and their son. From the outside, it looks as if she finally has it all; career and family many people could only wish for. She thinks she is the luckiest person on the planet who had survived and escaped hell. One day she receives a phone call that forces her to go back to the place she had left behind almost two decades before. She had promised never to go back there, but now, she finds herself in a desperate situation from which there is no way out. She goes back to face her demons once again.
Will this trip finally, push Selma over the edge and be the end of her? Who knows, it might even help her get some kind of conclusion. Follow Selma’s journey back to the past through despair, hatred, love, hope, and peace in author Sanela Jurich’s Haunting from the Past.
Experience the brutality of the Bosnian Genocide and understand the courage it takes to face your attackers and relive the pain in the name of justice.
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From the Author
When I was fifteen years old, my whole life changed in a blink of an eye. The world I saw through my fifteen-year-old eyes was not innocent and pretty. It was filled with death, sadness, and hatred.
About the Author
Sanela Ramic Jurich is an author and a public speaker. Born in Prijedor, Bosnia in 1976, she was fifteen years old when the war first started. Her books, Remember Me and Haunting from the Past were based on her own memories of that war. She now lives in Chicago with her husband and two sons.
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Sanela Ramić Jurich is an author and a public speaker. Born in Prijedor, Bosnia in 1976, she was fifteen years old when the war first started. Her books, Remember Me and Haunting from the Past were based on her own memories of that war. She now lives in Chicago with her husband and two sons. Her books are available–in both English and Bosnian–anywhere books are sold or at Amazon.com
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Can’t believe it’s been two years since…
By: Sanela Jurich… the release of my second novel. One of my best memories:
Published a Book
Haunting from the Past
Sequel to Remember Me
Sequel to Remember Me
As Selma tries to move on and recover from the horrible experience she had went through while living in Bosnia in 1992—where she and her parents had found themselves targets of the Bosnian war and where Selma had lost nearly all those she loved, was abused by those whom she once trusted, and had witnessed prejudice at its ugliest—the hell from which, she thought, she had finally escaped, found her in America and started haunting her again, reminding her that there was unfinished business some place else.
Selma is a respected business woman, living in Chicago with the love of her life and their son. From the outside, it looks as if she finally has it all; career and family many people could only wish for. She thinks she is the luckiest person on the planet who had survived and escaped hell. One day she receives a phone call that forces her to go back to the place she had left behind almost two decades before. She had promised never to go back there, but now, she finds herself in a desperate situation from which there is no way out. She goes back to face her demons once again.Will this trip finally, push Selma over the edge and be the end of her? Who knows, it might even help her get some kind of conclusion.Follow Selma’s journey back to the past through despair, hatred, love, hope, and peace in author Sanela Jurich’s Haunting from the Past.
Top Customer Reviews
By PDX Author on May 6, 2014
Readers will enjoy this authentic story of triumph over tragedy. Written as a sequel to Ms. Jurich’s debut novel, “Remember Me,” I’ll venture to say this one is even better. Told from the point of view of a master storyteller, the novel’s Prologue launches the reader into investigating some deep and meaningful questions that may or may not be answered. I found myself immediately captivated in anticipation of an emotional roller coaster ride of a journey later to discover pure satisfaction when the ride was over.
The author’s prose will tug at your heartstrings as the story opens with the main character; Selma Mazur accepting an invitation to return to the places where the demons of the traumatic past still haunt her in the quiet of her dreams. Told in the first person from Selma’s point of view, the reader is presented with the dilemmas and emotions Selma must face as the story unfolds. Ms. Jurich’s main theme centers on giving voice to the unheard, specifically the casualties of the human conflict. This story is written from the perspective of the knowing, and warrants a broad audience, the underlying hope that the painful lessons of the past will not be forgotten.
The story is rich with place descriptions, and realistic dialogue that made me feel like I was in the story, beside Selma as she came face to face with an imprisoned war criminal to listen to his confessions. Eventually Selma travels to Prijedor, her native town in the north of Bosnia-Herzegovina. While there she recognizes her need for closure. Read more ›
Sanela Ramić Jurich is an author and a public speaker. Born in Prijedor, Bosnia in 1976, she was fifteen years old when the war first started. Her books, Remember Me and Haunting from the Past were based on her own memories of that war. She now lives in Chicago with her husband and two sons.
Remember Me – Second Edition
Remembe Me – Second Edition is now available in both English and Bosnian.
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At the innocent age of fifteen, Selma is just beginning to experience the power of her first love. Unfortunately, living in Bosnia in 1992, Selma and her parents soon find themselves targets of the Bosnian War, and her father is arrested by the Serb Army and held for questioning. In an attempt to protect her daughter, Selma’s mother sends Selma to stay with her aunt, but that seems to be a mistake.
GUILTY and sentenced to 40 years in prison
Today, one of the men responsible for the biggest massacre on Europe’s soil since WW2 was found guilty of 10 of 11 charges, including genocide over the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. He was also found guilty of orchestrating a campaign known as “ethnic cleansing” of non-Serbs from the territory of the breakaway Bosnian Serb republic, in which hundreds and thousands were driven from their homes (including me).
Guess how many years behind bars he got. 40. That’s it. Forty years…
He is only expected to serve two-thirds of his sentence. His time spent in detention – slightly more than seven years – will count towards the total.
There is NO justice in this world!!!
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has been convicted of genocide and war crimes during the 1992-95 war, and sentenced to 40 years in jail. According to BBC News
Radovan Karadzic verdictFormer Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic found guilty of genocide and war crimes charges and sentenced to 40 years in jail bbc.in/1RnOlWc
Posted by BBC News on Thursday, March 24, 2016
UN judges in The Hague found him guilty of 10 of 11 charges, including genocide over the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.
Karadzic, 70, is the most senior political figure to face judgement over the violent collapse of Yugoslavia.
His case is being seen as one of the most important war crimes trials since World War Two.