Includes touring and events across Europe and North America. Published by Simon & Schuster in USA, Les Escales in France (translation), Penguin in Canada, Éditions Alto in Quebec (translation), and Gummerus in Finland (translation). Realising that he could lose his family as well as his home, Finn sets out to rescue his sister and bring life back to the barren waters. Our Homesick Songs is a eulogy to not just a town but a lifestyle - one built on waves, and winds, and fish, and folklore. Meanwhile Finn's music teacher, Mrs Callaghan, shares stories about his family, the island's ancient melodies, and its myths of mermaids and magic snakes. Amidst abandoned houses and closed schools, ten-year-old Finn and his sister Cora while away their nights counting the few remaining fishing boats on the coast. Long-listed for the Giller Prize (Canada), Our Homesick Songs is Hooper's internationally acclaimed second novel.
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