Olja Knežević: Milena & Other Social Reforms

Milena thinks she has it all when she lands a job as the President's interpreter. Bright, young, beautiful, willing to take a chance, she is the embodiment of the new Eastern Europe. But a bold new title comes at a cost. As a country suffers the growing pains of greed, Milena is caught up in the machinery of crime, corruption and human trafficking. Will love buy her a way out, or will she, like so many flowers of Montenegro, be lost in the profits of her enemies. 'Olja Knezevic's fiction has tremendous power, perhaps also it is based in truth.' Jagna Pogacnik, Jutarnju List. Olja Knezevic is a native of Montenegro, and a best-selling author now living in London and Zagreb (Croatia) with her husband and two children. 'Milena & Other Social Reforms' is her first novel, a bestseller in Montenegro, Serbia and Croatia, is originaly written in English. Her other books include 'London Stories' and 'Mrs Black' - a novel.