We Are All Thats Left, Carrie Arcos
We Are All Thats Left, Carrie Arcos
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We Are All That's Left

Author: Carrie Arcos

Narrator: Elisabeth Rodgers, Laura Knight Keating

Unabridged: 10 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/19/2019


Synopsis

Two lives. Two worlds apart. One deeply compelling story set in both Bosnia and the United States, spanning decades and generations, about the brutality of war and the trauma of everyday life after war, about hope and the ties that bind us together. Zara and her mother, Nadja, have a strained relationship. Nadja just doesn't understand Zara's creative passion for, and self-expression through, photography. And Zara doesn't know how to reach beyond their differences and connect to a closed-off mother who refuses to speak about her past in Bosnia. But when a bomb explodes as they're shopping in their local farmers' market in Rhode Island, Zara is left with PTSD--and her mother is left in a coma. Without the opportunity to get to know her mother, Zara is left with questions--not just about her mother, but about faith, religion, history, and her own path forward. As Zara tries to sort through her confusion, she meets Joseph, whose grandmother is also in the hospital, and whose exploration of religion and philosophy offer comfort and insight into Zara's own line of thinking. Told in chapters that alternate between Zara's present-day Providence, RI, and Nadja's own childhood in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Bosnian War of the 1990s, We Are All That's Left shows the ways in which, no matter the time and place, struggle and tragedy can give way to connection, healing and love.

About Carrie Arcos

Carrie Arcos is the author of There Will Come a Time and Out of Reach, which was a National Book Award Finalist. She lives with her family in Los Angeles, California. Visit her at CarrieArcos.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Brooke — brooklynnnnereads on June 29, 2018

This was a harrowing and beautiful novel surrounding war, culture, family, genocide, terrorism, prejudice, PTSD, and countless other topics. Seriously, I am just naming a few of the many topics discussed in this novel. It was a very powerful and emotional read that I feel the need to leave a disclai......more

Goodreads review by Sara on June 15, 2018

You can find more of my reviews at Forever 17 Books. 4.5 stars! This is going to be one of those reviews where I have a hard time organizing my thoughts together to adequately convey just how amazing the story was. It’s a story about war. It’s a story about what it means to be a survivor. It’s a story......more

Goodreads review by Alicia on November 09, 2018

So cool factoid that I was not aware of that this author actually was born here in Albany, NY. Love that though now she's on the West Coast. Anyway. So. All the feelings erupted on this one. I read a few pages and thought I might want to speed it up a bit because it didn't draw me in at the first li......more

Goodreads review by Karen on May 17, 2018

Read this review and more on my blog.The Book Return Blog Zara feels shut off from her Bosnian born mother. She knows that her mother survived some horrible things in the Bosnian war but Zara wants desperately to understand who her mother is. So when Zara, her mother, and her little brother are victi......more

Goodreads review by Kaci on March 12, 2022

cry count: 3 I think this is my current favorite book it was SO GOOD. I can't even explain it, just the messages, and writing, the 2 povs. I've read it before a couple years ago but I think the fact that I didn't even remember reading it when I picked it up from my library shows that I was too young......more