The 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
Format: Paperback
Pages: 219
Imprint: Charco Press
Publication date: 23/08/2022
Homesick
by Jennifer Croft
Review by Rosa
Amy is fiercely protective of her little sister Zoe, who is younger by three years and navigating a debilitating health condition. Written in two sections which demonstrate the difference and gradual divide between the two sisters, Homesick is a book about growing up and growing apart, mutual dependence and the shaky acceptance of the fact that your life might not always be intertwined with those you want to keep close. Intimate, devastating and clever yet not overly complicated, Homesick is a brilliant exploration of life, love and loss.
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