Cover of the book titled "Daughters of Dissidents Need Not Apply: A Memoir" by Nadina Ronc, featuring a stylized, pixelated photo of a woman with short hair, highlighting her face and clasped hands.

“This beautifully written book records the long aftermath of the deep trauma of the Balkan war.” 

- Peter Oborne, award-winning author and journalist

In Daughters of Dissidents Need Not Apply, Nadina Ronc takes readers beyond the headlines of the Yugoslav wars and into the hidden aftermath of survival, exile, and resilience. More than a story of escape, it is a reckoning with fractured identity, a family divided, and the haunting question of how one rebuilds a life when everything familiar has been stripped away.

With unflinching honesty, Ronc reveals how political forces and abuses of power ripple through private lives, leaving quiet devastations long after the headlines fade. Her memoir dares to confront not only the shattering of a country but the rupture within a family and what it means to speak truth when a dissident voice challenges even Western governments.

At once raw and lyrical, Daughters of Dissidents Need Not Apply is a book about memory and belonging, about how war reshapes personhood and leaves traces that echo across generations, a story as urgent today as it was in the aftermath of Bosnia war.

Daughters of Dissidents Need Not Apply is available worldwide in print and Kindle editions on Amazon, as well as through major booksellers and independent retailers:

Book Trailer - Daughters of Dissidents Need Not Apply