Dust and Diamonds

About the Book

When Terry Hill and his family move to Zagreb, communism is history. Croatia is independent and hoping for better days. All might have gone well, had General Pantolic and other members of the new “aristocracy” not plundered the nation’s wealth. Soon, Croatia’s promising, democratic future looks as disheartening as the past. Applying for EU membership simply makes matters worse. Luka Tadic copes by exploiting the system. His brother seeks revenge. The British ex-pats fight culture shock and Jana Filipovic succumbs to threats. Loosely based on fact, Dust and Diamonds gives Croatian transition a truly human face.

About the Author

Born and educated in England , Cordelia Whyte has lived outside the UK for the last 35 years. She is a qualified teacher married to a British research scientist. In 1998, together with her husband and the two youngest boys, Cordelia moved to the amazingly beautiful, ex-communist country of Croatia where she and her husband still live.