'Writing that easily equals that of the Booker-winning Richard Flanagan...[and] as readable and gripping as any thriller.' - The TimesI've gone. I've never seen the water, so I've gone there. I will try to remember to come back.Etta's greatest unfulfilled wish, living in the rolling farmland of Saskatchewan, is to see the sea. And so, at the age of eighty-two she gets up very early one morning, takes a rifle, some chocolate, and her best b...

Otto vindt op de keukentafel van zijn afgelegen boerderij in Saskatchewan een afscheidsbrief van zijn vrouw. Etta heeft besloten dat ze nog voor haar dood ze is tweeëntachtig de oceaan wil zien. Ze begint te lopen: het is nog 3232 kilometer tot de kust. Otto ging ooit zelf op reis, om te vechten in een ver land. Nu Etta weg is, krijgen de demonen uit de oorlog weer vat op hem. Hun buurman Russell volgt vastberaden het spoor van Etta, zijn heimelijke grote liefde. En James, tja, die moet je...

This “poetic, poignant” (US Weekly) debut features last great adventures, unlikely heroes, and a “sweet, disarming story of lasting love” (The New York Times Book Review).Eighty-three-year-old Etta has never seen the ocean. So early one morning she takes a rifle, some chocolate, and her best boots and begins walking the 3,232 kilometers from rural Saskatchewan, Canada eastward to the sea. As Etta walks further toward the crashing waves, the lines ...

Warm-hearted and winsomely imaginative' Sunday TimesThe fish have been vanishing from the waters off Big Running, Newfoundland, and now the people are too . . .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. Meanwhile Finn's music teacher, Mrs Callaghan, shares stories about his family, the island's anci...

From Emma Hooper, acclaimed author of Etta and Otto and Russell and James, a People magazine “Pick of the Week,” comes a “haunting fable about the transformative power of hope” (Booklist, starred review) in a charming and mystical story of a family on the edge of extinction.The Connor family is one of the few that is still left in their idyllic fishing village, Big Running; after the fish mysteriously disappeared, most fa...

enguin presents the audiobook edition of Our Homesick Songs by Emma Hooper.There was nothing to do but tell stories. Tell this story.And then? Asked Cora.And then everything, said Finn.Newfoundland, Canada, 1992. When all the fish vanish from the waters, and the cod industry abruptly collapses, it's not long before the people begin to disappear from the town of Big Running as well. As residents are forced to leave the island ...

Etta's greatest unfulfilled wish, living in the rolling farmland of Saskatchewan, is to see the sea. And so, at the age of eighty-two she gets up very early one morning and begins walking the 2,000 miles to water. Meanwhile her husband Otto waits patiently at home, left only with his memories. Their neighbour Russell remembers too - and he still loves Etta as much as he did more than fifty years ago, before she married Otto.

In this series we turn the pages of classic short stories to put together the literary building blocks of how a particular genre or theme began, how it built its foundations to become the well-loved and well-worn genre that it is today.Do authors have the same ideas at more or less the same time? Or can they sniff out an opportunity as to which way the tastes of an audience are moving.Success undoubtedly builds success and in literary terms we can more politely say that imi...

Two pasts. One town. Zero room for the truth.Madalyn has spent years building walls—around her heart, business, and carefully controlled life in the snow-covered town of Snow Valley. But when Jamie appears, so does the heat she buried deep in the ice.Their union sparks more than feelings—it ignites secrets, and betrayal, and threatens to unravel everything.As hidden agendas come to light and new temptations twist what's real, Madalyn must decide: tr...

Science has brought us many benefits for our health, our understanding, and our quality of life in all sorts of positive ways. We are all the better for it. But there is also a darker side when science reaches into the shadows. It claims that a fuller knowledge would benefit everyone, it must investigate. But, let’s be honest, some in science have lost their true calling and their ideas and notions come from these darker impulses. Their thoughts become muddled, their path more for themselv...

As researchers have begun to adapt to the continuing presence of COVID-19, they have also begun to reflect more deeply on fundamental research issues and assumptions. Researchers around the world have responded in diverse, thoughtful and creative ways – from adapting data collection methods to fostering researcher and community resilience, while also attending to often urgent needs for care.This book, part of a series of three Rapid Responses, connects themes of care and resilience...