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Our Homesick Songs

Our Homesick Songs

by Emma Hooper
Hardback
Publication Date: 15/06/2018

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An enchanting tale about a fading town and a boy who would do anything to save his family

There was nothing to do but tell stories. Tell this story.
And then? Asked Cora.
And then everything, said Finn.

Newfoundland, Canada, 1992. When all the fish vanish from the waters, and the cod industry abruptly collapses, it's not long before the people begin to disappear from the town of Big Running as well. As residents are forced to leave the island in search of work, ten-year-old Finn Connor suddenly finds himself living in a ghost town. There's no school, no friends and whole rows of houses stand abandoned. And then Finn's parents announce that they too must separate if their family is to survive.

But Finn still has his sister, Cora, with whom he counts the dwindling boats on the coast at night, and Mrs Callaghan, who teaches him the strange and ancient melodies of their native Ireland. That is until his sister disappears, and Finn must find a way of calling home the family and the life he has lost.
ISBN:
9780241273807
9780241273807
Category:
Contemporary fiction
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
15-06-2018
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
336
Dimensions (mm):
222x138x31mm
Weight:
0.48kg
Emma Hooper

Emma Hooper is a musician and writer. As a musician, her solo project 'Waitress for the Bees' tours internationally and has earned her a Finish Cultural Knighthood.

As an author, she has published short stories, non-fiction pieces, poetry and libretti as well as a number of academic papers. She is a research-lecturer at Bath Spa University, in the Commercial Music department, but goes home to cross-country ski in Canada as much as she can afford.

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