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Feel like you've lost what home means?
You aren't alone, as Jo Swinney tells her story of finding where to belong
Filled with thought and reflections, Home is a moving and illuminating book for those feeling lost.
Anna Hockley
Eden Christian Books Specialist
'Home is where the heart is,' we say. But cheap catchphrases apart, in a world where more people move home more often than ever before, and many families end up spread across countries or around the world, what does it mean to speak of home - and where can we find true belonging?
Born in the UK, growing up in Portugal, studying in Canada and now living back in the UK, Jo Swinney's peripatetic life has brought her face to face with the challenges of leaving people and places behind, and landing somewhere new every few years needing to find a way to put down fresh roots.
Weaving her own story into an enticing exploration of the idea of home, Jo Swinney helps us face up to the challenges that can seem so hard to face when friends and family live far away, when the place we live just doesn't seem like it could ever be home, or when the home we know ceases to satisfy. Together, she argues, we can start to piece together a fuller picture of what it might mean to find a true home, somewhere we can really belong.
Author
Jo Swinney
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Published
June 2017
Weight
338g
Page Count
256
Dimensions
17.7 x 23.8 x 1.8 cm
ISBN
9781473648654
ISBN-10
1473648653
Eden Code
4492269
Featured in
Prologue: Setting Out
The quest begins
Chapter One: Heart-Sick
My home is not here
Chapter Two: On Board the Kinship
My family is my home
Chapter Three: Welcome to My World
My culture is my home
Chapter Four: Heartland
My country is my home
Chapter Five: Wanderlust
I have no home
Chapter Six: The Anchored Soul
At home in myself
Chapter Seven: 'Til Death
My marriage is my home
Chapter Eight: Right Here
My Neighbourhood is my home
Chapter Nine: Bricks and Mortar
My home is my house
Chapter Ten: Care in the Community
My church is my home
Chapter Eleven: What do you do?
My work is my home
Chapter Twelve: The story of my life
My past is my home
Epilogue: Where is home?
Book group questions
Acknowledgements
Notes
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