A classic work of award-winning Atlantic fiction

Leah is haunted: by the things she’s done, and the things she has failed to do. And then there's the the ghost of her brother. She has to learn to let go of the past if she, or her brother, are ever going to move on.

A funny, urban story, Homing is about love, death, and rock and roll-through the eyes of a woman who’s grown afraid of the city, a ghost who's lost his way, a musician who’s trying to find his, and Sandy and Harold, a pair of homing pigeons who help each of them bring it all home.

"Domet’s writing style is amusing and engaging, and you really end up caring about her characters."—Consumed by Ink

"Homing anchored me from the first page... I wanted to hide away and not come out of my reading nook until it was all done."—R.H. Downs

I grew up in Mississauga, Ontario and lived there till I came to my senses and moved to downtown Toronto, where I lived till I REALLY came to my senses and moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Ahhh, that’s better.I started writing soon as I figured out how to hold a pencil. I have done very little in the way of developing other skills, though I am reasonably good at talking on the radio, and I am a pretty great cook.I wrote Homing in November 2003 for NaNoWriMo…actually, I took on the challenge for a radio story for CBC’s Definitely Not the Opera. I was working there at the time, my colleagues liked my pitch, I experienced a brief moment of triumph before the head-splitting realization set in that, god damn it, I was going to have to write a novel.I procrastinated, blardy blardy blah, ended up writing several tens of thousands of words in about three days near the end of November, ended up with a finished, but flawed manuscript, and spent the next few years alternately polishing and ignoring it.Then along came Robbie from Invisible Publishing with an offer to make it into a book, and that was that.Homing won the Margaret and John Savage First Book Award in 2008. I had such an outer body experience when they called my name, I didn’t even turn to look at, let alone kiss, my husband. I just bolted for the podium to accept my award. Because I am all class.I am working on another novel. It’s called Fallsy Downsies, and it’s about a bunch of singer songwriters who end up spending a lot of time crammed in a car, heading west. It’s loads of fun to write, when I get around to it.Homing was optioned by Lady Hammond Entertainment in spring 2009, and I am writing the screenplay. I sound so confident when I put it that way, don’t I?

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• Winner, Margaret and John Savage First Book Award

"I love the way the narration skips around from one person to another through the whole book. It kept the story moving along at a quick pace... Domet’s writing style is amusing and engaging, and you really end up caring about her characters."—Consumed by Ink

"Homing anchored me from the first page... I wanted to hide away and not come out of my reading nook until it was all done."—R.H. Downs

“Stephanie Domet’s writing is lyrical and profound, wired with amplified moments of wonder and grace.”—John K. Samson, singer-songwriter, The Weakerthans

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