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""A young woman scarred by love, betrayal and loss rebels against the social and patriarchal constraints of her rural community in search of a new life-only to discover that the past she left behind holds an unexpected second chance.""In a Macedonian mountain village in the 1960s, Jana and Nikola meet by fate and fall in love. However, family expectations and betrayal conspire to tear them apart, forcing them to go their separate ways. Years later, while trying to rebuild her life, a small black-and-white photograph falls into Jana's hands, hinting at a fresh start in Australia. What she doesn't realise is that along with a new beginning, it will also offer her a chance to reconnect with her past. The Photo is a captivating tale of love, loss and second chances-one woman's search for independence in a tradition-bound society and a powerful exploration of whether love can endure against all odds.

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Jagoda Zdraveska-Koteska (b. 1966 Prilep, Macedonia) is a writer and community development and engagement professional working in the aged care services sector. She holds a BA in Sociology from Saints Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje and a Grad. Dip. in Sociology from La Trobe University in Melbourne. The Photo is her first novel. She has also written and published Velika (Data Pesnopoj, Bitola, 2022), a biography of her mother. Her third book, Zad prisoj (Beyond the Sunny Ridge), a family history, was published by TNID Ǵurǵa, Skopje in 2025. She lives in Melbourne. Paul Filev translates from Macedonian and Spanish into English. His translations include The Last Summer in the Old Bazaar by Vera Buzarovska (Saguaro Books), Alma Mahler by Sasho Dimoski (Dalkey Archive Press), The Lisbon Syndrome by Eduardo Sánchez Rugeles (Turtle Point Press), which was named one of World Literature Today's 75 Notable Translations of 2022, and Someone was Here by Nikolina Andova Shopova (Fidessa Literary). He lives in Melbourne. www.paulfilev.com

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