Lives & Lemons
Marjana & Amela Write, Amela Marin, Marjana AbabovicThe challenges and victories of emigration—navigating dual identities and war traumas, adapting to a new country while staying connected to the old.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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The Place Where Streets Are Paved with Gold
What’s in the Numbers
They say you can have a maximum of three to five good friends. I beg to differ. You can have many more, if both sides care to build and maintain the friendship. Over thirty years in Toronto, I’ve collected something v...
The Art of Window Washing
Frozen railing at Charlotte Pier, Rochester NY (M.Ababovic)
It is the first fully sunny day today, February 2, 2026. The sun is shining brightly, as one of my first English-learning lessons optimistically proclaimed. I have mixed feelings...
The Language of Exile
The Illusion of Fluency
When you think about the challenges of emigration, you focus on tangible ones – jobs, shelter, friends. I had spoken English my whole life, yet never imagined that one of the deepest sources of unhappiness would ste...
Thank you
Chairs by. Gwen Jones.
I give it to you, thank you.
I take it back, thank you.
I ask a question, thank you.
I answer the question, thank you.
I open the door, thank you.
I close the door, thank you.
I arrive, thank you.
I le...
Birthdays We Choose & Foods We Carry
When Marijana & I started Lives & Lemons, we made a list of topics we wanted to explore, adding more as we went. Sometimes, riffing off a phrase or theme feels natural. While many things connect us, most importantly a friendship that goes b...
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The challenges and victories of emigration—navigating dual identities and war traumas, adapting to a new country while staying connected to the old.
I write about food, literature, language and memory, often with a touch of humour and an occasional recipe.
Bosnian by birth, semi-American by living. Mother, strategist, survivor. I think in two languages, live between worlds, and write to remember, resist forgetting, and make the invisible visible.
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