Sofija Stefanovic was born in socialist Belgrade, in the middle of a blackout. With Yugoslavia on the brink of war, her family was torn between the socialist existence they’d always known and the stability of Australia. Miss Ex-Yugoslavia is the funny and dark story of an outsider looking for home – featuring warlords, pet tigers and beauty queens. A storyteller with the Moth, whose writing has appeared in the New York Times, Sofija speaks to Angela Ledgerwood about a distinctive memoir that’s told with great humour and heart.