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Two novellas. Two women who have arrived in New Zealand as immigrants and find themselves in desperate situations.
But that's where the similarity ends for the characters in Stef Harris' new book The Girl from Sarajevo.
It combines two novellas in one - with the first centred around would-be author Katia, her mysterious Croatian-poet neighbour Dragan - and the lie she finds herself trapped in.
In the second, The Other Jasmine, Wong Ji Li is brought to New Zealand to be a bride - but finds herself stuck on a derelict farm and at the mercy of her new husband and his controlling mother.
That story was based on Stef's experiences working as a police officer, dealing with migrant women in domestic violence cases.
He's also just completed a short film, Sister Josephine, which was based on an experience he had when he lived at a boys' home.
