A personal memoir tells the story of two sisters in Oklahoma, one who suffers from debilitating seizures, and the other who becomes an award-winning translator after she enters college at age 15. Illustrations.
The coming of age story of an award-winning translator in gorgeous, precise prose, with full color photographs throughout
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. Amys 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.
