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390 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2016
An eventful century or so ago, my paternal ancestors left behind what was then Galicia, the easternmost province of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Western Ukraine), and resettled in Bosnia, which had recently been annexed to the Hapsburg domain. My peasant forebears brought with them a few beehives, an iron plough, many songs about leaving home, and a recipe for perfect borscht, a dish previously unknown in that part of the world.