Homesick
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1913867315
ISBN-13
9781913867317
Publisher
Charco Press
Imprint
Charco Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 23rd, 2022
Print length
219 Pages
Weight
276 grams
Dimensions
13.00 x 19.70 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
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Childhood trauma and challenges are overcome through sisterly tenderness and a love of language.
Women's Prize for Fiction 2023 FinalistThe coming of age story of an award-winning translator, Homesick is about learning to love language in its many forms, healing through words and the promises and perils of empathy and sisterhood. Sisters Amy and Zoe grow up in Oklahoma where they are homeschooled for an unexpected reason: Zoe suffers from debilitating and mysterious seizures, spending her childhood in hospitals as she undergoes surgeries. Meanwhile, Amy flourishes intellectually, showing an innate ability to glean a world beyond the troubles in her home life, exploring that world through languages first. Amy's first love appears in the form of her Russian tutor Sasha, but when she enters university at the age of 15 her life changes drastically and with tragic results. "Croft moves quickly between powerful scenes that made me think about my own sisters. I love how the language displays a child's consciousness. A haunting accomplishment." Kali Fajardo-Anstine
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