I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the GO HOME by Terry
Farish & Lochan Sharma Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!
About The Book:
Author: Terry
Farish & Lochan Sharma
Pub. Date: August 6, 2024
Publisher: Groundwood
Books
Formats: Hardcover, eBook
Pages: 304
Find it: Goodreads, https://books2read.com/GO-HOME-Farish-Sharma
In a world beset by anger and fear, what does it mean to protect one’s
home and family?
Olive and Gabe ― her older brother’s best friend ― are deeply in love.
They want nothing more than to make a home and family together, especially
after the overdose death of Olive’s brother, Chris. It won’t be easy. Gabe
works three jobs, and Olive still needs to finish high school, but their future
together feels certain and right.
But when Samir Paudel moves into the house across the street, Olive's and
Gabe’s lives are disrupted. The Paudel house is overfull with family and
friends, and they play loud music at all hours. Yet Olive is drawn to them,
particularly to Samir’s little nephew, Bhim, and his grandfather, Hajurba.
Yet Samir’s very presence seems to awaken in Gabe an intense anger ―
toward immigrants he believes are taking resources from White Americans ―
resources that would have saved Chris and his own father, who has lost his job
and is now struggling with ill health and alcoholism.
When Olive realizes that Gabe and his family are the source of escalating
aggressions toward the Paudels, she no longer recognizes the loyal, loving boy
she fell in love with.
GO HOME Playlist
Hello Readers,
Here’s a short play list
for GO HOME. Lochan Sharma and I co-wrote GO HOME. As we were writing the character Samir who is
the Nepal-born boy and Olive, the U.S-born girl, a lot of songs were natural to
tell their experience and emotions.
Lochan writes: Samir enjoyed “Timi Sangai” by Apurva Tamang. It is a beautiful song about wanting to experience life with another person. The title translates to “with you” in English. While the intent of the song is more romantic, the sentiments expressed are similar to the feelings of Samir and Heera, his sister. https://youtu.be/Qaj2TceZGGU?si=iD5pepbLoYFLh1xe
“For Aisha” by MEMBA & EVAN GIIA
(ft. Nooran Sisters) is a song from the movie “The Sky Is Pink”. The song was
written by the brother of Aisha Chaudhary, a girl who passed away from pulmonary
fibrosis at the early age of 18. The song was written to capture the memory of
Aisha. It includes the three languages that she would use with her family and
evokes happy and sad emotions just like life around Aisha. She was an uplifting
person but the nature of her disease would remind everyone that she had a very
limited time. This song would be very emotional for Samir, who loves his sister
and would be distraught if he was in the same situation. https://youtu.be/_1ab7lWDQmA?si=rXR1g9caxgMegIWD
Terry writes: There’s a song that
captured the tenderness and the idea of finding a home with each other for Gabe
and Olive in GO HOME. It’s "This Is How You Fall in
Love" by Jeremy Zucker and Chelsea Cutler. Their voices are beautiful
together. Chelsea Cutler sings ‘You’ll be my best friend until we grow old.” It’s definitely both their song in the opening
of the book and may remain their song but with the sharp pain of their
troubles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qkgVgjN188#ddg-play
Another song important to Gabe and his
sister Simone and the story is “Soldiers” by Adrian Patrick performed by
Otherwise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p733z6aKwMA
GO HOME is about friendship, hard won,
the friendships all the characters have or they miss, or want to have. Here’s a
song of about friendship I found as I wrote.
It’s “Saathi” by Yama Buddha. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-ExNmHo2xI#ddg-play It’s sung in Nepali. Here are the
lyrics in English: https://genius.com/Genius-english-translations-yama-buddha-saathi-english-translation-lyrics
About Terry Farish:
TERRY
FARISH is the
author of The Good Braider (YALSA and SLJ Best Book for Young
Adults), Either the Beginning or the End of the World (Maine
Literary Award) and A Feast for Joseph (with OD Bonny and
illustrated by Ken Daley). She lives in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
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LOCHAN
SHARMA was born
in Nepal. His family was registered at Timai refugee camp after they were
exiled from Bhutan. Lochan and his family moved to the US in 2009 and now live
in Concord, New Hampshire. He is a student at Keene State College.
Giveaway Details:
1 winner
will receive a finished copy of GO HOME, US Only.
Ends October 22nd, midnight EST.
a Rafflecopter giveawayTour Schedule:
Week One:
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10/7/2024 |
Excerpt |
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10/8/2024 |
Excerpt/IG Post |
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10/9/2024 |
Excerpt |
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10/9/2024 |
Excerpt/IG Post |
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10/10/2024 |
Excerpt/IG Post |
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10/11/2024 |
IG Post/TikTok Post |
Week Two:
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10/14/2024 |
Excerpt/IG Post |
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10/14/2024 |
Excerpt/IG Post |
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10/15/2024 |
IG Post |
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10/15/2024 |
Review/IG Post |
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10/16/2024 |
Review/IG Post |
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10/16/2024 |
IG Review/TikTok Post |
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10/17/2024 |
IG Review/TikTok Post |
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10/17/2024 |
IG Review/LFL Drop Pic/TikTok Post |
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10/18/2024 |
Review |
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10/18/2024 |
Review/IG Post |
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