Amra Pajalic
Amra Pajalić is an award-winning author of "Sabiha‘s Dilemma" and "Alma’s Loyalty", the first two books in her own voices young adult series Sassy Saints Series set in St Albans.
Opinion
Teaching
Teachers are quitting in droves. Here’s why I’m not one of them
My 11 years spent with teenagers has transformed me. The more I talk to friends in other industries, the more I realise the privilege of my position.
- by Amra Pajalic
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Opinion
Babies
Now that I’m done with child-rearing, I find babies revolting
Once, I felt indifference. These days my whole body reacts, my sphincter clenches, my gag reflex tickles, and I tremble as I recoil.
- by Amra Pajalic
Our safe, white scene has rules if you want to be a ‘multicultural’ writer
Spare a thought for the authors who don’t look like their publishers in the middle-class literary world.
- by Amra Pajalic
Opinion
Parenting
Oversharing isn’t the path to intimacy. I had to learn the hard way
My bipolar mother made friends everywhere she went, but I’ve discovered intimate bonds don’t need to be built on the back of exposure to our deepest personal difficulties.
- by Amra Pajalic
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Life in the ’burbs
I live in St Albans, and we’re not all criminals
People seem surprised that I returned to St Albans to start a family, but I love the suburb and the school where I teach.
- by Amra Pajalic
Opinion
Religion
I was told to marry into my own faith. My daughter will get to choose
As an adolescent, my mother told me that if I married a person from another faith, she would disinherit me. I didn’t care.
- by Amra Pajalić