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Grozdana Lukic

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Born

Benkovac , Croatia

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Fiction, Nonfiction, Historical Fiction

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Ivo Andric, Aleksa Santic

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August 2023

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Grozdana Lukic was born in Benkovac, a town in the Northern Dalmatia, in Croatia. In 1997, at the age of 21, she moved to Melbourne in Australia with her parents and two brothers, where she has lived since. Grozdana studied at the RMIT University in Melbourne and after completing the Degree in Social Science, she worked with newly arrived refugees and migrants assisting with their resettlement.

In 2017, Grozdana moved to another role where she is case managing complex offenders in the justice system.

Grozdana is supported by her loving husband, Lui, and is a proud mother of three wonderful children, son, Milan, and daughters, Leilani and Tina.

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Average rating: 4.75 · 32 ratings · 21 reviews · 7 distinct works

	Return Into the Unknown 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Promised Homeland-Mea Promissa Patria 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Family is Everything- Mea Familia Est Omnia it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2023 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Lost Homeland-Mea Amissa Patria 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2023 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Echoes from my Ancestors it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Warrior of the Crescent Moon it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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New book released on 21.06.2024

Exciting News I would like to share with my friends and all others:Echoes from my Ancestors

I'm thrilled to announce that my new book, Echoes from My Ancestors, was published on 21/06/2024. I highly recommend it to everyone who enjoys captivating memoirs and biographies. Dive into a journey through time and family heritage, and discover the stories that have shaped generations.

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Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives

by Brian L. Weiss

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The Witch Collector (Witch Walker #1)

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Between Ink and Shadows (Between Ink and Shadows, #1)

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Grozdana Lukic and 1 other person liked Kristina Stangl's review of Warrior of the Crescent Moon: "An Epic Historical Romance An epic historical romance, set against the backdrop of the Ottoman Empire. This tale tells of the young men recruited from the Balkans and sent to serve as Janissaries (or military soldiers) for the Ottoman Empire. And with" Read more of this review »
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Grozdana Lukic made a comment on Kristina Stangl’s review of Where the Ashes Bloom " Thank you for reviewing my book, I really appreciate it and it means a lot "
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Grozdana Lukic and 1 other person liked Kristina Stangl's review of Where the Ashes Bloom: "A Beautifully Written Novel A beautifully written novel. This one really touches at the heart’s strings. I’ve read a few books by this author, and this by far is her very best work to date. After the gruesome 1995 civil war in the former Yugoslavia, Or" Read more of this review »
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Grozdana Lukic liked Mark M's review of Warrior of the Crescent Moon: "I really enjoyed reading this book about a young man Rade who was taken by force by the Ottoman empire to serve as janissary. The story follows his life as janissary and his forbidden love with Sultan's daughter. This book brings to life the practice" Read more of this review »
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“Ubi panis ibi patria is a Latin expression meaning "Where there is bread, there is (my) country" (or home, or homeland)

Ubi bene ibi patria ("Homeland is where it (life) is good"; lit. where good, there fatherland).”
― Grozdana Lukic

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“The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he is in prison." Fyodor Dostoyevsky”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky [Dostoevskii]

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“The opening sentence of Pride and Prejudice —“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

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“The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he’s in prison.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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