Nobody Told Me About Tbilisi

What if the city you planned to leave quietly became home?Olga Sverchkova came to Tbilisi for a little while. At least, that was the plan.Then came the neighbours who knew everything, taxi drivers who had already chosen the route, hot bread that never reached home whole, balconies where half of life was kept, old lifts trusted far more than they should be, and conversations that always lasted longer than expected.Nobody Told Me About Tbilisi is a warm, witty and beautifully illustrated collection of 30 stories about everyday life in Georgia's capital.This is not a guidebook. It is not a relocation manual. It is a book about small moments, unexpected kindness, familiar streets, and the quiet way an unfamiliar city becomes part of your life.Inside you will find: - 30 short chapters- a prologue and epilogue- original illustrations- stories about neighbours, markets, courtyards, dogs, balconies, bread, rain and home- a Georgian Word of the Day at the end of every chapterFor anyone who loves Tbilisi, misses Tbilisi, dreams of visiting Georgia, or has ever arrived somewhere temporarily and found it difficult to leave.Sometimes home is not the place you came from. It is the place that quietly convinced you to stay.