Ten Thousand Shells and Counting: A Memoir

By Nadija Mujagic

A page-turning memoir about teenage life in war besieged Sarajevo that will immerse you in a world where survival is the necessary mentality.
In 1992 at the young age of 14, Nadija witnesses tanks rolling into the Sarajevo International Airport across the street from her home. This foreboding event marked the beginning of the Serbian siege of Bosnia's capital. Shortly after the danger escalates when a Serbian sniper kills her next-door neighbor driving Nadija, her family, and neighbors from their homes to safer habitats. Where do they find shelter? How does she cope during the seemingly never-ending war?

A true story of a teenager who learns to survive under the brutal war-sculpted lifestyle and losses under siege, and ultimate rise to her own personal triumph.