Book Review: The Cheesemaker's Daughter
What does it mean to return home? For many it’s an opportunity to re-connect with family and friends and reminisce about the good times shared. For some however, returning home isn’t always a happy prospect. It’s important to consider why do people even leave home to begin with? There can be a lot of emotional trauma tied behind the memories of the people and land you once shared, hence the desire to run away and never come back. Running away from the trauma doesn’t get rid of it however, it just distances it from you. Sometimes the braver choice is to return home and face that trauma head on in hopes of healing and rediscovery. That idea is the core concept behind my latest read, The Cheesemaker’s Daughter. Written by Kristin Vukovic and published in August 2024, The Cheesemaker’s Daughter is a contemporary drama story based around a one woman’s struggle to recognize her place in the world. Marina Maržić is a Croatian immigrant who lived a lot of her adult life in A...
