Homegoing Homegoing

Homegoing

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Publisher Description

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"Homegoing is an inspiration." —Ta-Nehisi Coates 


An unforgettable New York Times bestseller of exceptional scope and sweeping vision that traces the descendants of two sisters across three hundred years in Ghana and America.


A riveting kaleidoscopic debut novel and the beginning of a major career: Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing is a novel about race, history, ancestry, love and time, charting the course of two sisters torn apart in 18th century Africa through to the present day.
     Two half sisters, Effia and Esi, unknown to each other, are born into two different tribal villages in 18th century Ghana. Effia will be married off to an English colonist, and will live in comfort in the sprawling, palatial rooms of Cape Coast Castle, raising "half-caste" children who will be sent abroad to be educated in England before returning to the Gold Coast to serve as administrators of the Empire. Her sister, Esi, will be imprisoned beneath Effia in the Castle's women's dungeon, before being shipped off on a boat bound for America, where she will be sold into slavery.
     Stretching from the tribal wars of Ghana to slavery and Civil War in America, from the coal mines in the north to the Great Migration to the streets of 20th century Harlem, Yaa Gyasi has written a modern masterpiece, a novel that moves through histories and geographies and—with outstanding economy and force—captures the intricacies of the troubled yet hopeful human spirit.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2016
June 7
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
320
Pages
PUBLISHER
Doubleday Canada
SELLER
Penguin Random House Canada
SIZE
8.8
MB

Customer Reviews

Tas_770 ,

Amazing

What an amazing piece of historical fiction! The integration of every generation’s story is done beautifully. Heart wrenching but a piece of history that is so vital for everyone to know

RaesofRay ,

Wonderful

Really paints a picture and brings to life the very real stories of African ancestry

MaryJolie614 ,

Wow!

What a wonderful peace of historical fiction! It traces generations of black people one in modern day Ghana and the other in America. You get to understand more the roots of slavery and colonialism and how both it impacted the black people living in America and Africa. I have never read a book like this and it changed me forever. This book is educational and interesting at once as you learn your roots. I was excited to read every chapter to get to see the challenges faced by each descendants as they move forward in time. What a masterpiece. I now see why it took the author 7 years to write this book. A lot of research has gone to understand the complexities of black folks. I would though recommend to read this book with the genealogy tree next to you to keep track of the families. It was a recommendation that book reviewers had provided and it was really useful.

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