Homesick charts an intimate coming-of-age shaped by family, illness and a deep love of language. Told through memory, mixed media and quiet observation, the memoir follows two sisters raised in Oklahoma and the forces that push them toward very different lives.
The younger sister endures baffling seizures and long hospital stays; the older discovers an early aptitude for languages, finds a Russian tutor who opens new worlds, and enters university at a remarkably young age. Interwoven photos and text make language itself a living force—both tool and shelter—as the narrator learns empathy, translation and self-understanding.
This book explores sisterhood, artistic formation, and the delicate ethics of translation: how words can heal, alienate or become a home. Winner of the 2020 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing, the memoir will appeal to readers of literary nonfiction and anyone interested in language, family narratives, and the craft of memory.
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