A Hay Festival & The Poole VOTE 100 BOOKS for Women Selection Effia & 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 & seven generations Yaa Gyasi has written a miraculous novel
- the intimate gripping story of a brilliantly vivid cast of characters & through their lives the very story of America itself Epic in its canvas & intimate in its portraits Homegoing is a searing & profound debut from a masterly new writer Selected for Granta&s Best of Young American Novelists 2017 Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Best First Book Shortlisted for the PENRobert W Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction Shortlisted for the Beautiful Book Award 2017