A Song Called Home
HarperCollins · Hardcover · March 15, 2022
From award-winning author Sara Zarr comes a story of the small moments that show us who we are, and how family is not just something you’re part of, but something you make.
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- Who it’s for
- A close family story finds meaning in small moments, changing homes, and the ties we carry.
- Themes
- Family and belonging, Moving and change, A father's drinking
- Genres
- Stepfamily Stories, Drugs & Addiction, Music Stories
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From award-winning author Sara Zarr comes a story of the small moments that show us who we are, and how family is not just something you’re part of, but something you make. Lou and her family don’t have much, but for Lou it's enough. Mom. Her sister, Casey. Their apartment in the city. Her best friend, Beth. It would be better if Dad could stop drinking and be there for her and Casey, and if they didn't have to worry about money all the time.
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But Lou doesn’t need better—she only needs enough. What’s enough for Lou, however, is not enough for Mom. Steve, Mom's boyfriend, isn’t a bad guy, he's just…not what Lou is used to. And now, he and Mom are getting married, and that means moving. Packing up life as they’ve known it and storing it in Steve’s garage. Lou will be separated from everything in her small but predictable life, farther from Dad than ever. Their last night in the city, Lou receives a mysterious birthday gift: A guitar, left for her by their front door. There’s nothing saying who left it, but it must be from Dad. And as she leaves the only place she’s ever known, she starts to believe that if she can learn how to play it, maybe she can bring a piece of him, and of her old life, home.
Making Room for Home
A close family story finds meaning in small moments, changing homes, and the ties we carry.
Come here for
- A child’s view of money worries and a parent’s drinking
- Family bonds tested by change, with music as a thread
Expect
- An intimate story about what makes a family
- A thoughtful look at leaving familiar things behind
Where it sits
| Drugs & Addiction | 55% |
|---|---|
| Music Stories | 53% |
| Stepfamily Stories | 40% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Stories About Divorce
- Sibling Stories
- Stepfamily Stories
- Alternative Family Stories
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- Girls & Young Women
- Music Stories
- Growing Up
- Drugs & Addiction
- Authors
- Sara Zarr
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- March 15, 2022
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Family and belonging · Moving and change · A father's drinking
- Reading lane
- Stories About Divorce