Winner of the PEN/ Hemingway Award
Winner of the NBCC's John Leonard Award
Shortlisted for the British Book Award - Debut of the Year
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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.
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"Homegoing is an inspiration." --Ta-Nehisi Coates
"Spectacular." --Zadie Smith "Powerful. . . . Compelling. . . . Illuminating." --The Boston Globe "A blazing success." --Los Angeles Times "I could not put this book down." --Roxane Gay'Homegoing is a novel I wish I could have read when I was a young woman' Zadie Smith
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: from the Gold Coast of Africa to the plantations of Mississippi; from the missionary schools of Ghana to the dive bars of Harlem. Spanning continents and generations, Yaa Gyasi has written a miraculous novel - an intense, heartbreaking story of one family and through their lives, the story of America itself.
'A wonderfully evocative and compassionate novel. Homegoing is a gift to its readers and a treasure to cherish' Petina Gappah, Financial Times
'Homegoing has something better than perfection, and that is a touch of magic . . . Gyasi is the right artist at the right time' New Statesman
'A beautiful, wise and illuminating novel that doesn't flinch from its difficult subject, but manages to be healing and hopeful' Cathy Rentzenbrink, The Times
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