We, the wandering souls of immigrants, were forced to leave “home” in search of another. Out of all the definitions and words for “home,” we struggle to pinpoint where home is. This excerpt is brought to you in partnership with Jack Jones Literary Arts.“Home:” 1) the place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household 2) relating to the place where one lives 3) everywhere and nowhere.
We are happy, I say again, whispering it into the cold air.īut who is loved on both sides of the ocean. The cold air from outside hisses in through theĪs I pass the woman, my shoulder inches fromĮven if we don't look like what she thinks of Hey ! she repeats, the word like a stone thrown, Hey ! she says, pointing a finger at Mama's face. Not one that we are watching through a window.īut then, right as we are walking out of the hospital doors,
It feels like a party we were invited to, I feel that Mama and I are part of it too. The lobby of the hospital is decorated for Christmas,īranches with pine cones draped across the nurses’ desks.Ī song that I had not heard until two weeks ago, Tasting like afternoon mint tea with three extra spoonfuls of sugar, I hold Mama's hand as we walk out of the hospital. Here is an excerpt to give you a taste of the story. Other Words For Home will be released on May 28, 2019. Even though Jude may have had to leave behind one home, she ultimately gains another in this timely, exquisitely written story. As she navigates her new identity as "Middle Eastern" she gains new friends, a whole new family, and the courage to, perhaps, try out for a school musical. It is, no doubt, terrifying to move across the world to unfamiliar territory - and no amount of American movies or books could prepare Jude for the start of school. When things become increasingly volatile in Syria, 12-year-old Jude and her mother are forced to flee to Cincinnati, leaving her brother and father behind. Her hometown features prominently in Other Words for Home. Warga, an internationally bestselling author (My Heart and Other Black Holes and Here We Are Now ) lives in Chicago, but is originally from Cincinnati, Ohio. In the book, which is her debut middle grade novel, Jasmine Warga eloquently captures the intense fear and isolation that come along with being uprooted from the only home you know. It's hope-filled story that doesn't pander, but instead peels back layers of culture and identity, fear and prejudice, exile and belonging - all wrapped around a young Syrian girl - Jude." Other Words for Home has been described as "a salve for the world we live in today.
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