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Mallorca Unplugged: Finding Belonging
Paperback
ISBN13: 9788409910441
Publisher: Sheyla Babic
Published: Sep 29 2026
Pages: 222
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.51 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
What if finding another world meant discovering what was missing from your own?
Nothing much ever happens in Búger, a tiny village tucked into the Mallorcan countryside. The church bells ring, bread is baked before dawn, neighbours argue over bins and parking, festivals arrive with the seasons, and everyone knows everyone, or thinks they do.
Then four unexpected visitors arrive. They come to observe human life. Instead, they find themselves drawn into it.
Through village fiestas, disastrous attempts at local traditions, paperwork, storms, shared meals, almond blossoms and friendships they never intended to make, the four outsiders begin to discover something their own world has forgotten: belonging cannot be measured, engineered or explained. It is built slowly, in greetings, rituals, arguments, kindness, and the simple act of being expected somewhere.
But when the possibility of returning home finally arrives, they must confront a question none of their observations prepared them to answer:
What if home is no longer the place you came from?
Warm, humorous and quietly moving, Mallorca Unplugged: Finding Belonging is a story about community, tradition and the extraordinary things hidden inside ordinary life.
Set among the sunlit streets, changing seasons and everyday rituals of rural Mallorca, Sheyla Babic's debut novel is a celebration of the places that change us, and the people who make us want to stay.
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