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The Bone Whisperers by Taina Tervonen

The Bone Whisperers

Two Women Scientists and Their Work to Connect Lost Lives in Bosnia-herzegovina

Taina Tervonen, Sarah Robertson

Schaffner Press Inc · Print & ebook · July 2, 2024

The 2022 recipient of the Jan Michalski Award for excellence in reporting on human rights issues by a European writer, The Bone Whisperers is an account of the author’s reporting and involvement over the course of several years with those whose delicate and morally essential task it has been to exhume and identify the victims found in mass graves throughout the war-torn regions of the world, particularly in Bosnia-Herzegovina as part of the ongoing process over the past two decades, led by the International Commission on Missing Persons, to recover and identify the remains and reunite the victims with their families.

Genocide & War CrimesAbductions & Missing PersonsEastern European History
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Genres
Genocide & War Crimes, Eastern European History, Abductions & Missing Persons
Published
Schaffner Press Inc, July 2, 2024

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The 2022 recipient of the Jan Michalski Award for excellence in reporting on human rights issues by a European writer, The Bone Whisperers is an account of the author’s reporting and involvement over the course of several years with those whose delicate and morally essential task it has been to exhume and identify the victims found in mass graves throughout the war-torn regions of the world, particularly in Bosnia-Herzegovina as part of the ongoing process over the past two decades, led by the International Commission on Missing Persons, to recover and identify the remains and reunite the victims with their families.

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Tervonen follows two women in particular involved in this extremely important yet heart-wrenching work; one, Senem, who searches the DNA profiles stored in bone samples, and the other Darija, who tries to obtain blood samples from the survivors and their families to find a genetic match to that of the victims.

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Abductions & Missing Persons60%
Genocide & War Crimes51%
Eastern European History48%

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Authors
Taina Tervonen, Sarah Robertson
Publisher
Schaffner Press Inc
Published
July 2, 2024
Format
Print & ebook