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Sing them home

Everyone in Emlyn Springs, Nebraska, knows the story of Hope Jones, the physician's wife whose big dreams for their tiny town were lost along with her in the tornado of 1978. For Hope's three children, the stability of life with their distant, preoccupied father, and with Viney, their mother's spitfire best friend, is no match for their mother's absence. Once grown up, Larken, the eldest child, an art history professor, seeks in food an answer to a less tangible hunger; Gaelan, the only son, is a telegenic weatherman who devotes his life to predicting the unpredictable; and Bonnie, the baby of the family, is a self-proclaimed archivist who combs the roadside for clues to her mother's legacy and permission to move on. When, decades after their mother's disappearance, the siblings are summoned home after their father's sudden death, they are forced to revisit the childhood tragedy at the centre of their lives. With breathtaking lyricism, wisdom and humour, Stephanie Kallos explores the consequences of protecting the ones we love and conjures an extraordinary cast of characters teeming with quirks, blind spots and secrets. Sing Them Home is a magnificent tapestry of lives connected and undone by tragedy, lives poised'unbeknownst to the characters themselves'for redemption.

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  • "Everyone in Emlyn Springs, Nebraska, knows the story of Hope Jones, the physician's wife whose big dreams for their tiny town were lost along with her in the tornado of 1978. For Hope's three children, the stability of life with their distant, preoccupied father, and with Viney, their mother's spitfire best friend, is no match for their mother's absence. Once grown up, Larken, the eldest child, an art history professor, seeks in food an answer to a less tangible hunger; Gaelan, the only son, is a telegenic weatherman who devotes his life to predicting the unpredictable; and Bonnie, the baby of the family, is a self-proclaimed archivist who combs the roadside for clues to her mother's legacy and permission to move on. When, decades after their mother's disappearance, the siblings are summoned home after their father's sudden death, they are forced to revisit the childhood tragedy at the centre of their lives. With breathtaking lyricism, wisdom and humour, Stephanie Kallos explores the consequences of protecting the ones we love and conjures an extraordinary cast of characters teeming with quirks, blind spots and secrets. Sing Them Home is a magnificent tapestry of lives connected and undone by tragedy, lives poised'unbeknownst to the characters themselves'for redemption."@en
  • "When Hope Jones vanishes in the midst of a tornado in 1978, her three children deal with the sudden loss in their own ways, but when their father dies decades later, they delve into their history to come to terms with the tragedy that has always haunted them."@en
  • "The Jones siblings have lived in unresolved grief since their mother disappeared during their childhood. Three decades later, they are forced to revisit this tragedy when they are summoned home after the sudden death of their father."
  • "This novel is a portrait of three siblings who have lived in the shadow of unresolved grief since their mother's disappearance when they were children. Everyone in Emlyn Springs knows the story of Hope Jones, the physician's wife whose big dreams for their tiny town were lost along with her in the tornado of 1978. For Hope's three young children, the stability of life with their preoccupied father, and with Viney, their mother's spitfire best friend, is no match for Hope's absence. Larken, the eldest, is now an art history professor who seeks in food an answer to a less tangible hunger; Gaelan, the son, is a telegenic weatherman who devotes his life to predicting the unpredictable; and the youngest, Bonnie, is a self-proclaimed archivist who combs roadsides for clues to her mother's legacy, and permission to move on. When they're summoned home after their father's death, each sibling is forced to revisit the childhood tragedy that has defined their lives."@en
  • "A portrait of three siblings who have lived in the shadow of unresolved grief since their mother's disappearance when they were children."@en
  • "When their father suddenly dies, three grown siblings come home and revisit the childhood tragedy that has become the centre of their lives."@en
  • "Sing Them Home is a moving portrait of three siblings who have lived in the shadow of unresolved grief since their mother?s disappearance when they were children. Everyone in Emlyn Springs knows the story of Hope Jones, the physician?s wife whose big dreams for their tiny town were lost along with her in the tornado of 1978. For Hope?s three young children, the stability of life with their preoccupied father, and with Viney, their mother?s spitfire best friend, is no match for Hope?s absence. Larken, the eldest, is now an art history professor who seeks in food an answer to a less tangible hunger; Gaelan, the son, is a telegenic weatherman who devotes his life to predicting the unpredictable; and the youngest, Bonnie, is a self-proclaimed archivist who combs roadsides for clues to her mother?s legacy, and permission to move on. When they?re summoned home after their father?s death, each sibling is forced to revisit the childhood tragedy that has defined their lives. With breathtaking lyricism, wisdom, and humor, Kallos explores the consequences of protecting those we love. Sing Them Home is a magnificent tapestry of lives connected and undone by tragedy, lives poised?unbeknownst to the characters?for redemption."@en

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  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Domestic fiction"@en

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  • "Sing them home"
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