Try now

Listen and read

Step into an infinite world of stories

  • Read and listen as much as you want
  • Over 950 000 titles
  • Exclusive titles + Storytel Originals
  • Easy to cancel anytime
Try now
Cover for Homesick

Homesick

Editions

2

Language
English
Format
Category

Fiction

Women's Prize for Fiction 2023 Finalist

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

© 2022 Charco Press (Ebook): 9781913867324

Release date

Ebook: 23 August 2022

Tags

Other editions

  1. Homesick: A Memoir
    Homesick: A Memoir Jennifer Croft
    3.6

Books similar to Homesick

  1. The Long Form
    The Long Form Kate Briggs
  2. Lord Jim at Home
    Lord Jim at Home Dinah Brooke
  3. American Woman: A Novel
    American Woman: A Novel Susan Choi
  4. That's All I Know
    That's All I Know Elisa Levi
  5. Ways to Disappear
    Ways to Disappear Idra Novey
  6. Children of Paradise: Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023
    Children of Paradise: Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023 Camilla Grudova
  7. No Land to Light On: Longlisted for the 2022 Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize
    No Land to Light On: Longlisted for the 2022 Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize Yara Zgheib
  8. Indelicacy: A Novel
    Indelicacy: A Novel Amina Cain
  9. The Reeds: A Novel
    The Reeds: A Novel Arjun Basu
  10. Dinner Party: a heartrending literary novel about family, and all the ways we try – and fail – to escape them; 'Stunning' Meg Mason
    Dinner Party: a heartrending literary novel about family, and all the ways we try – and fail – to escape them; 'Stunning' Meg Mason Sarah Gilmartin
  11. To Hell With Poets
    To Hell With Poets Baqytgul Sarmekova
  12. Tomb of Sand
    Tomb of Sand Geetanjali Shree
  13. Do Not Say We Have Nothing: A Novel
    Do Not Say We Have Nothing: A Novel Madeleine Thien
  14. Like Happiness
    Like Happiness Ursula Villarreal-Moura
  15. Some Strange Music Draws Me In
    Some Strange Music Draws Me In Griffin Hansbury
  16. Undiscovered
    Undiscovered Gabriela Wiener
  17. A Crack in the Wall
    A Crack in the Wall Claudia Piñeiro
  18. How to Read Now
    How to Read Now Elaine Castillo
  19. Why Birds Sing: A Novel
    Why Birds Sing: A Novel Nina Berkhout
  20. Limberlost
    Limberlost Robbie Arnott
  21. We Were the Universe: 'Full of dark wit and feral delight' Jenny Offill
    We Were the Universe: 'Full of dark wit and feral delight' Jenny Offill Kimberly King Parsons
  22. The Two Kinds of Decay: A Memoir
    The Two Kinds of Decay: A Memoir Sarah Manguso
  23. On the Clock
    On the Clock Claire Baglin
  24. Fire Sermon
    Fire Sermon Jamie Quatro
  25. America Is Not the Heart: The powerful coming-of-age novel from 'the next big thing' Elaine Castillo
    America Is Not the Heart: The powerful coming-of-age novel from 'the next big thing' Elaine Castillo Elaine Castillo
  26. Tainna
    Tainna Norma Dunning
  27. Insurrecto
    Insurrecto Gina Apostol
  28. When I Hit You: SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018
    When I Hit You: SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018 Meena Kandasamy

Start with these

View all titles
  1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone J.K. Rowling
    4.7
  2. Throne of Glass: From the # 1 Sunday Times best-selling author of A Court of Thorns and Roses
    Throne of Glass: From the # 1 Sunday Times best-selling author of A Court of Thorns and Roses Sarah J. Maas
    4.2
  3. The Psychology of Money: The transformative multimillion-copy personal finance bestseller
    The Psychology of Money: The transformative multimillion-copy personal finance bestseller Morgan Housel
    4.5
  4. Fourth Wing
    Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros
    4.6
  5. Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (Light Novel) Vol. 1
    Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (Light Novel) Vol. 1 Rifujin na Magonote, Shirotaka
    4.3
  6. A Court of Thorns and Roses (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: A Court of Thorns and Roses 1
    A Court of Thorns and Roses (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: A Court of Thorns and Roses 1 Sarah J. Maas
    4.2
  7. The Housemaid: An absolutely addictive psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist
    The Housemaid: An absolutely addictive psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist Freida McFadden
    4.2
  8. Dear Debbie
    Dear Debbie Freida McFadden
    4.1
  9. The Divorce
    The Divorce Freida McFadden
    4
  10. The 48 Laws of Power
    The 48 Laws of Power Robert Greene
    4.2
  11. The Hunger Games
    The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
    4.7
  12. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel
    The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel Taylor Jenkins Reid
    4.4
  13. Yesteryear
    Yesteryear Caro Claire Burke
    4.1
  14. Icebreaker
    Icebreaker Hannah Grace
    4
  15. This Is What Inequality Looks Like
    This Is What Inequality Looks Like Teo You Yenn
    4.6

Features:

  • Over 950 000 titles

  • Kids Mode (child safe environment)

  • Download books for offline access

  • Cancel anytime

Most popular

Unlimited Yearly

For those who want to listen and read without limits.

S$119 /year

Save 58%

  • 1 account

  • Unlimited Access

  • Unlimited listening

  • Cancel anytime

Try now

Unlimited

For those who want to listen and read without limits.

S$12.98 /month

  • 1 account

  • Unlimited Access

  • Unlimited listening

  • Cancel anytime

Try now

Family

For those who want to share stories with family and friends.

Starting at S$14.90 /month

  • 2-3 accounts

  • Unlimited Access

  • Unlimited listening

  • Cancel anytime

You + 1 family member

2 accounts

S$14.90 /month

Try now
Company
Explore
Useful links
Language and region

  • English

  • Singapore

  • app_store_button
  • google_play_button
Follow us