Nothing Will Change
the new book by
Brygida Milewska
They told me to publish
only on Amazon.
I said no.
Freedom starts with
freedom of choice.
Read the book they couldn’t put in one box.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
I've lived in Ireland for over twenty years now, having moved here from Poland. I’m proud of where I come from, but I also proudly call Ireland my home.I’ve been writing for years – mostly just for myself, as a form of therapy. It helped me deal with my thoughts and feelings. I never really planned to publish anything – and definitely not a full novel.
HOW IT ALL BEGAN
That changed two years ago. I was standing at a bus stop – cold, soaked in the rain, tired after work, and thinking: "What’s the point of all this?"Suddenly a strange thought came to me: "What if I had a reason… like needing to find someone? A father?"That’s when Ania, one of the main characters in my story, first appeared in my mind.
FROM SHORT STORY TO THE NOVEL
At first, I only wanted to write a short story. A Polish girl comes to Ireland and finds out her father used to be in the Provisional IRA. I wanted to explore her emotional journey – how she feels about it all.Around the same time, someone made a comment about my English and asked how I planned to improve it. I thought, well, there’s no better way than by reading books – so I started. And since I was writing about the IRA, I focused on books about Northern Ireland and The Troubles.One of the first books I read was One Day in My Life by Bobby Sands. That was the trigger. That book made me realise Ania’s story cannot just be a short story – it needs to be a novel.
TWO COUNTRIES, ONE STORY
Reading Bobby Sands’s book reminded me of stories I had heard as a child in Poland – about people fighting against the communist system. I realised that Ireland and Poland, even though far apart, had something in common: people who fought for freedom.I knew I had to write about both.
WHAT THE BOOK IS ABOUT
Nothing Will Change begins with Ania, a young Polish woman who travels to Ireland and, with help from her childhood friend, tries to find her father – someone she didn’t even know existed until she found hidden letters. But a sudden, traumatic event turns her plans upside down, forcing her to confront the emotional weight of her past and accept that not all questions will be answered.She then meets Conor, her father's friend, whose story links the past and the present.At that moment the story jumps to 1984 London.The novel takes the reader back in time, when Ela (Ania’s mother), James (Ania's father), and Conor first meet. This is when Ela and James fall in love, and when the friendship between James and Conor deepens.We learn how James joined the IRA, and what life was like during The Troubles. We see Ela raising Ania alone in communist Poland – a place with its own kind of fight.These two stories connect across countries and across years.
WHAT THE STORY IS REALLY ABOUT
This book isn’t about war or politics. It’s about people – their choices, their pain, and how they keep going.There are no simple heroes or villains – just real people living through hard times. It’s a story about love (but not a love story), about loss, and about the things we carry from the past.I wrote this book because I believe that we can’t change the world, control our lives, or even plan the future.But the way we respond to things outside our control – that is what makes us strong.
THAT'S WHAT HELPS US SURVIVE.
Writing isn’t fueled by drama alone... sometimes it’s caffeine.
BUY ME A COFFEE and keep the story going.
Brygida Milewska on social media