by Yaa Gyasi - £8.99 Penguin Books Ltd (2017)
paperback
ISBN 13: 9780241975237 | ISBN 10: 0241975239
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Best First Book
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 the very story of America itself.
Epic in its canvas and intimate in its portraits, Homegoing is a searing and profound debut from a masterly new writer.
(Price & availability last checked: November 2017)
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