Cultural Writing. Essay. Immigrant writer Novakovich records his journeys to find his roots, some to his native Croatia, some no further than Cleveland, where he searches for the grave of his grandmother, who refused to return to Croatia with the rest of her family. This moving collection reflects the joys and the difficulties in returning to a homeland left behind. "Novakovich is a strong original writer. His subtle prose makes me beam with pleasure, and break into an anxious sweat at the same time. He has mastered the tone of bearing witness as a principle of moral literature"-Philip Lopate, The Art of the Personal Essay. Novakovich's other novels, YOLK, APRICOTS FROM CHERNOBYL, and SALVATION AND OTHER DISASTERS are also available from SPD.