By Any Means
Published by Vine Leaves Press.
Albania, 1999. The country is on the brink of collapse. For nine-year-old Leonora, a childhood shaped by poverty, fragility, and family responsibility is about to be uprooted.
When her family is forced to abandon everything they know, they embark on a perilous journey across the borders of Europe and into the unknown, driven by a single hope: to find a future beyond the reach of violence and deprivation.
But escape does not guarantee freedom.
In England, survival takes a different form. Displacement, the threat of rejection, and living with a fundamental lie follow the family into their new lives, while Leonora struggles to understand a world that demands she grow up before her time.Inspired by true events, By Any Means is a deeply human account of migration, memory, and resilience. Told through the eyes of a child, it confronts the cost of leaving home, and the courage required to build a new one. A story of family, identity, and the enduring pursuit of safety, it bears witness to the countless lives transformed by the decision to risk everything for the possibility of something more.
