enguin presents the audiobook edition of Our Homesick Songs by Emma Hooper.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.'A Wes Anderson-esque tale to fall for' Stylist'Warm-hearted and winsomely imaginative' Sunday Times'A novel in love with music, magic and the idealism of childhood' The Times
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ISBN
9780241386828
Publisert
2018-09-06
Utgiver
Vendor
Fig Tree
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Lydfil

Forfatter
Lest av

Biographical note

Emma Hooper is the author of Etta and Otto and Russell and James. As a musician, she tours internationally. She is also a research-lecturer in Music at Bath Spa University, but goes home to cross-country ski in Canada as much as she can.