“In Sing To Me, Jelena Curic weaves family legacy, history and culture with deftness, profound humanity, humour and empathy.”
Michael Campbell, Publisher, Westwords Books
Sing To Me by Jelena Curic
A story of reclaiming life and heritage, how to belong, how to live, in two countries at once.
1980. Pero is a Croatian immigrant, father, husband, musician, and philanderer who drinks too much and gambles the family’s income. No longer a brilliant musician, he now plays only for himself in the cellar of his house deep in the suburbs of Western Sydney with a bottle of rakija within arm’s reach. When Yugoslavia’s President Tito dies and his mother’s health fails, Pero feels he must return “home”.
Traversing villages and cities hushed by the communist regime, revisiting the majestic waterfalls of Plitvice Jezera and the snow-covered peaks of the Velebit Mountains, Pero is compelled to face a past that he has tried to forget.
