Merita Dragusha was born in Lismir, a village eight kilometers from Kosovo. She married in 1996 and she and her husband welcomed their son, Blend, a year later. In 1999, when NATO ...view moreMerita Dragusha was born in Lismir, a village eight kilometers from Kosovo. She married in 1996 and she and her husband welcomed their son, Blend, a year later. In 1999, when NATO started bombing Kosovo, she fled to the United States with her family. This is her first novel.view less