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A review by naharobed
Our Homesick Songs by Emma Hooper
4.0
A quiet, moving story about a family in a small fishing town in Newfoundland. The fish are all gone and as a result, everyone has started leaving. There’s an overarching sense of loss and desolation. There’s no food, no work, no people.
It’s a very beautiful story and you can feel the connections this family has with each other. The story switches back and forth in time from the present in 1992 to the 70s when Aiden and Martha, the parents, were young. Music plays a big role in this story and it lends itself to the writing as well which is poetic and lyrical. I really loved seeing how Aiden and Martha met and developed their relationship. And in the present day it was both heartbreaking and heartwarming to see how Cora and Finn were trying to save their family in their own ways through sheer dedication and determination. It’s a slow-paced story, but maintains a sense of nostalgia and melancholy.
It’s a very beautiful story and you can feel the connections this family has with each other. The story switches back and forth in time from the present in 1992 to the 70s when Aiden and Martha, the parents, were young. Music plays a big role in this story and it lends itself to the writing as well which is poetic and lyrical. I really loved seeing how Aiden and Martha met and developed their relationship. And in the present day it was both heartbreaking and heartwarming to see how Cora and Finn were trying to save their family in their own ways through sheer dedication and determination. It’s a slow-paced story, but maintains a sense of nostalgia and melancholy.