{"product_id":"once-we-are-safe-9781662534294","title":"Once We Are Safe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this award-winning novel from Italy, a family is forced to flee their home on the brink of the Bosnian War, leaving behind all that they know and forging ahead into a life they never asked for.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAida is just six years old when her family escapes the war bearing down on their village in Bosnia. But survival comes at a price. The home they make in Italy is safe, though not their own. Aida watches, helpless, as her parents grapple with a guilt and nostalgia she doesn't understand. They yearn for a place that no longer exists, a place she barely remembers yet comes to resent for its lingering ghost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot even the arrival of her baby brother seems to spark their hope for the future, but Aida refuses to drown in the past with her parents. As the family sinks deeper into grief and the scars of mental illness, Aida makes her own way forward, through adolescence and into adulthood, constantly searching for where she belongs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAida and her family face their struggles quietly and alone, until tragedy forces them to come together once again. But amid the greatest heartbreak, hope always rises...even when it feels like there's nothing left.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarati, Alessandra:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eAlessandra Carati is a writer living in Milan. The original Italian edition of this novel, \u003ci\u003eE poi saremo salvi\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Viareggio-Rèpaci Prize for debut authors in 2021 and was short-listed for the Strega, Italy's most prestigious prize for literary fiction in 2022. Carati also wrote \u003ci\u003eBestie da vittoria\u003c\/i\u003e with Danilo Di Luca and \u003ci\u003eLa via perfetta\u003c\/i\u003e with Daniele Nardi. Her latest novel, \u003ci\u003eRosy\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2024. \u003ci\u003eOnce We Are Safe\u003c\/i\u003e is the author's first translation into English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMasini, Laura:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eLaura splits her time between Tuscany and Cambridge. She translated Matthew Lipman's novel \u003ci\u003eMark\u003c\/i\u003e for Liguori and has contributed her short stories to various Italian anthologies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWorrell, Linda:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eLinda Worrell and Laura Masini met during a workshop at the British Centre for Literary Translation in 2019 and have worked together ever since. Their translations have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Common\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Southern Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Georgia Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVisible: Art as Policies for Care. Socially Engaged Art (2010-Ongoing)\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinda lives in the UK. Her translation of a short story by Giuseppe Pontiggia was published in \u003ci\u003eThe Southern Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaura splits her time between Tuscany and Cambridge. She translated Matthew Lipman's novel \u003ci\u003eMark\u003c\/i\u003e for Liguori and has contributed her short stories to various Italian anthologies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amazon Crossing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51676167930130,"sku":"9781662534294","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_231b0eeb-4e46-43e9-8b7a-8edad624ca40.jpg?v=1761047688","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/once-we-are-safe-9781662534294","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}