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Homegoing

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Description for Homegoing Paperback.
A Hay Festival and The Poole VOTE 100 BOOKS for Women Selection Effia and Esi: two sisters with two very different destinies. One sold into slavery; one a slave trader's wife. The consequences of their fate reverberate through the generations that follow. Taking us from the Gold Coast of Africa to the cotton-picking plantations of Mississippi; from the missionary schools of Ghana to the dive bars of Harlem, spanning three continents and seven generations, Yaa Gyasi has written a miraculous novel - the intimate, gripping story of a brilliantly vivid cast of characters and through their lives ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241975237
SKU
9780241975237
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-3

About Yaa Gyasi
Yaa Gyasi was born in Mampong, Ghana and raised in Huntsville, Alabama. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Her short stories have appeared in African American Review, Guernica and Callaloo. Homegoing is her first novel.

Reviews for Homegoing
Ambitious, multi-generational saga of the effects of the slave trade
Guardian Books of the Year
Tracing the descendants of two women across seven generations, this unflinching debut from Ghanaian-American author Yaa Gyasi examines the lingering effects of slavery from the 18th-century Gold Coast to the US at the turn of the 21st century
Financial Times
Ambition ... Read more

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