title: Girl at War: A Novel
author:  Sara Novic 
description: Outstanding . . . <i>Girl at War</i> performs the miracle of making the stories of broken lives in a distant country feel as large and universal as myth.<b><i>The New York Times Book Review </i>(Editors Choice)</b><br /><br />[An] old-fashioned page-turner that will demand all of the readers attention, happily given. A debut novel that astonishes.<b><i>Vanity Fair<br /></i></b><br />A shattering debut . . . The book begins with what deserves to become one of contemporary literatures more memorable opening lines. The sentences that follow are equally as lyrical as a folk lament and as taut as metal wire wrapped through an electrified fence.<b><i>USA Today</i></b><br /><br />[A]gripping debut novel . . . [Sara] Novi, in tender and eloquent prose, explores the challenge of how to live even after one has survived.<i><b>O: The Oprah Magazine</b></i><b><i><br /></i></b><br />Powerful and vividly wrought . . . Novi writes about horrors with an elegant understatement. In cool, accomplished sentences, we are met with the gravity, brutality and even the mundaneness of war and loss as well as the enduring capacity to live.<b><i>San Francisco Chronicle</i></b><br /><br />Intimate and immense . . . [Novi is] a writer whose own gravity and talent anchor this novel.<b><i>The New York Times</i></b><br /><br />Sara Novis powerful debut novel . . . is an important and profoundly moving reading experience. . . . It will be interesting to see if another novelist, particularly a first-time novelist, can match Novis bravura, gut-punching opening section. . . .<i>Girl at War</i>is a superb exploration of conflict and its aftermath.<b><i>The National</i></b><br /><br />Astonishing . . .<i>Girl at War</i>is an extraordinarily poised and potent debut novel, a story about grief and exile, memory and identity, and the redemptive power of love.<b><i>Financial Times</i></b><br /><br />Remarkable.<b>Julia Glass, <i>The Boston Globe</i></b><br /><br />[A] powerful, gorgeous debut novel.<b>Adam Johnson,<i> The Week</i></b><br /><br />One of this years most discussed debuts . . . What makes [<i>Girl at War</i>] unique is that its not concerned with unmasking the horrors of war, as many have repeatedly done. Instead, this book is an exploration of how humans grow, prosper and move on from unthinkable times.<b><i>Paste</i></b><br /><br />As Novi gradually reveals, you can take the girl out of the war zone, but you cant take the war zone out of the girl. By the time Ana becomes a student at a New York university, all that violence has been bottled up inside her head for a decade. Thanks to Novis considerable skill, Anas return visit to her homeland and her past is nearly as cathartic for the reader as it is for Ana.<b><i>Booklist</i>(starred review)</b><i><b><br /></b></i><br />An unforgettable portrait of how war forever changes the life of the individual, <i>Girl at War</i> is a remarkable debut by a writer working with deep reserves of talent, heart, and mind.<b>Gary Shteyngart, author of <i>Little Failure </i>and<i> Super Sad True Love Story</i></b>
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  The Agency Book 1
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  C.C. Bolick
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  RUN DON’T THINK
  
  
  Copyright © 2018 by C.C. Bolick
  
  
  Dirt Road Books
  
  
  All Rights Reserved
  
  
  ISBN 978-1-946-08911-3
  
  
  Cover Design by Fiona Jayde Media
  
  
  Edited by EbookEditingPro
  
  
  This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events
  portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are
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  Books by C.C. Bolick:
  
  
  Leftover Girl Series:
  
  
  Leftover Girl
  
  
  Secrets Return
  
  
  Prison of Lies
  
  
  Illusion of Truth
  
  
  Fate of War
  
  
  
  
  
  The Agency Series:
  
  
  Run Don’t Think
  
  
  Love Don’t Wait
  
  
  Fight Don’t Fear
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ##  Table of Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter One](part0000_split_005.html#_Toc509516842)
  
  
  [Chapter Two](part0000_split_006.html#_Toc509516843)
  
  
  [Chapter Three](part0000_split_007.html#_Toc509516844)
  
  
  [Chapter Four](part0000_split_009.html#_Toc509516846)
  
  