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Homegoing
By Yaa GyasiPublisher Description
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE'S JOHN LEONARD PRIZE • WINNER OF THE PEN / HEMINGWAY AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION • Ghana, eighteenth century: two half sisters are born into different villages, each unaware of the other. One will marry an Englishman and lead a life of comfort in the palatial rooms of the Cape Coast Castle. The other will be captured in a raid on her village, imprisoned in the very same castle, and sold into slavery.
One of Oprah’s Best Books of the Year, Homegoing follows the parallel paths of these sisters and their descendants through eight generations: from the Gold Coast to the plantations of Mississippi, from the American Civil War to Jazz Age Harlem. Yaa Gyasi’s extraordinary novel illuminates slavery’s troubled legacy both for those who were taken and those who stayed—and shows how the memory of captivity has been inscribed on the soul of our nation.
One of Oprah’s Best Books of the Year, Homegoing follows the parallel paths of these sisters and their descendants through eight generations: from the Gold Coast to the plantations of Mississippi, from the American Civil War to Jazz Age Harlem. Yaa Gyasi’s extraordinary novel illuminates slavery’s troubled legacy both for those who were taken and those who stayed—and shows how the memory of captivity has been inscribed on the soul of our nation.
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Believable charactersDiverse charactersBeautifully writtenDescriptive writingEasy to readRealistic settingThought-provokingAbuseRacismViolence
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“This book pierced every emotion within my soul. I felt like I was reading my family history. She gave us centuries worth of history and she never missed a beat. This story will live within me forever!”Diverse charactersMulti-layered charactersBeautifully writtenDescriptive writingThought-provoking
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“This was a journey. I wasn’t sure of how this book would read, if it would be confusing. But l loved it, each chapter took you through an adventure of a different character the descendant of the last.
It hurt to see some characters not know their past while others did however you see this snowball effect on the past choices. This book was an amazing depiction on how slavery destroyed heritage and cultures but more so how this destruction impacted so many generations to follow. You carry the pain of people you’ve never met just due to lineage.😞”Believable charactersBeautifully writtenOriginal writingRealistic settingThought-provoking
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