Sense of Home

Cozy storytelling meets magical realism and healing fiction. This short, low-stakes novel is perfect for readers who prefer emotional, character-driven journeys. “Sense of Home is a delightful, genre-blending magical realism novel about family, loss, and self-discovery. Tyra is a terrific heroine: gifted, brave, and driven, regardless of the depth of her grief. Kaminsky surrounds her with intriguing characters and atmospheric, wonderfully descriptive prose when Tyra enters the magical worlds, embarking on an otherworldly voyage—one of lucid dreams, self-discovery, and healing from trauma.” — The BookLife Prize "Sense of Home by NZ Kaminsky is an emotionally interwoven tale of literary fiction and mystical realism that beautifully explores themes of resilience, loss, family, and inner strength. This compelling book is ideally suited for readers who enjoy reflective-style storytelling with a trace of the surreal. I fell in love with it, and you will, too." — Readers' Favorite In a world where everything is taken from you, dreams have the power to heal… Tyra Blair’s world is broken when the beasts attack. Forced to flee her beloved homeland in the land of Azure, suddenly she and her family are outsiders in a fractured existence she doesn’t recognize. As her parents struggle to reconcile their fate in the wicked, gloomy village of Marigold, and later in their grim reality of Moonvine, Tyra’s disconnection from everything familiar and those she loves threatens to devastate her completely. Only a mysterious encounter with an intelligent squirrel offers Tyra a glimmer of hope. He gifts her with a refuge from her isolation and introduces her to a magical world. But as Tyra grows, so does her ability to enter these hidden realms, and she must learn to navigate adulthood alone.…