There is a large Serb diaspora in Western Europe, and outside Europe there are significant communities in North America and Australia.
In the 19th century, the Serbian national identity was manifested, with awareness of history and tradition, medieval heritage, cultural unity, despite living under different empires.
Three elements, together with the legacy of the Nemanjić dynasty, were crucial in forging identity and preservation during foreign domination: the Serbian Orthodox Church, the Serbian language, and Kosovo Myth.
When Cara Rutledge rents out her quaint beach house to Heather Fordham for the entire summer, it’s a win-win by any standard: Cara’s generating income necessary to keep husband Brett’s ecotourism boat business afloat, and anxiety-prone Heather has a quiet space in which to work and tend to her pet canaries uninterrupted.
The alluring shorebirds --- and the man who rescues them --- begin to draw Heather toward a world of adventure, and maybe even love; Cara’s life reels with sudden tragedy, and she wishes only to return to the beach house that had once been her port amidst life’s storms.
The Serbian language is official in Serbia, co-official in Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is spoken by the plurality in Montenegro.
The modern identity of Serbs is rooted in Eastern Orthodoxy and traditions.
The result is a stunning memoir filled with raw, angry, funny, profane, tender memories of a childhood few can imagine, much less survive.
An unflinching and unforgettable remembrance, YOU DON' T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME is a powerful, deeply felt account of a complicated relationship.
) are a South Slavic ethnic group that formed in the Balkans.
The majority of Serbs inhabit the nation state of Serbia (with a minority in disputed Kosovo), as well as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Croatia.