Homing: The Whole Story

by Stephanie Domet

Homing is a funny, urban love story about Leah, a woman who's grown afraid of the outdoors. Featuring a cast of ghosts, musicians, and a pair of homing pigeons, Homing's magical realism is sweet and subtle.

Genres: Fiction, Canada

152 pages, Paperback

First published April 4, 2007

About the author

Stephanie Domet lives in Halifax with her husband. Her debut novel, Homing, won the Margaret and John Savage First Book Award. Her second, Fallsy Downsies, won the Jim Connors Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction. Both are published by Invisible Publishing (Halifax); she is at work on a third. She is forever trying to perfect homemade ravioli, and a piano rendition of Sweet Caroline.

She has worked as a mall mascot, in a balloon factory, as a graveyard-shift pastry chef and in many, many diners and bookstores. She vastly prefers writing books to just about anything else she's done.

Reviews

[Nik-stir · Rating 5 out of 5]

I purchased this book at a used bookstore in Vancouver juss cause it was cheap and I liked the over. Well well well, it so happens that it's one of the most cherished books in my bookshelf.

[Julia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really great read all the way through ... and the ending punched me in the guts (in the best way).

[Jenn · Rating 5 out of 5]

A touching journey through the lives of friends and strangers all dealing with loss and grief that gloriously intersects for a heart-warming end. A re-invented ghost story. Wonderful, thought-provoking, without being pedantic or self-indulgent.

[John · Rating 2 out of 5]

I bought this audiobook thinking the story sounded kind of cute. Instead, after an hour of confusion as to who was who, and why they did what they did, I have totally given up!